Mrs. Ritchie's Marmalade Cake

Name: Mrs. Ritchie's Marmalade Cake
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: one pound of sugar; one pound of butter; the yolks and whites of six eggs; one pound and a half of flour; a teaspoonful of mixed spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, and mace); half a glass of rose-water

From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884

Serves 5

Bake until pale brown.

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mrs. Ritchie's Marmalade Cake. Rub together one pound of sugar and one pound of butter until perfectly light ; beat the yolks and whites of six eggs weU; sift one pound and a half of flour into the butter, sugar, and eggs; a teaspoonful of mixed spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, and mace) ; half a glass of rose-water

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