Mrs. Pride's Wedding Cake

Ingredients

• Butter I pound.
• Sugar i^ pounds.
• Flour I pound.
• Eggs 12.
• Rasins seeded, chopped and floured, 3 pounds.
• English currants washed, dried and floured 3, pounds.
• Citron cut thin and small i pound.
• Madeira wine 2 ounces.
• Brandy 4 ounces.
• Rose water i ounce.
• Grated nutmegs 2.
• Finely ground cinnamon 2 tea-spoonfuls.
• Mace finely ground i tea-spoonful.
• Cloves finely ground i tea-spoonful.
• Currant jelly well beaten i pint.

Method

1. 1

   Bake about 4 hours in a moderate oven.

2. 2

   Follow general directions of No.

3. 3

   2 above.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MRS. PRIDE'S WEDDING CAKE. Butter I pound. Sugar i^ pounds. Flour I pound. Eggs 12. Rasins seeded, chopped and floured, 3 pounds. English currants washed, dried and floured 3, pounds. Citron cut thin and small i pound. Madeira wine 2 ounces. Brandy 4 ounces. Rose water i ounce. Grated nutmegs 2. Finely ground cinnamon 2 tea-spoonfuls. Mace finely ground i tea-spoonful. Cloves finely ground i tea-spoonful. Currant jelly well beaten i pint.

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.