Peel Cake

Ingredients

• One cup of butter
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sour milk
• 2 1/2 eggs
• 1/2 wine glass of brandy
• a dash of nutmeg
• 1/2 pound of raisins
• 1/2 pound of mixed peel
• 1/2 pound almonds finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt

Method

1. 1

   Bake in a greased mould in rather a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 156. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

, 1% cups granulated sugar, 1% cups new milk, 3 cups of sifted flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, whites of 6 eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix as usual, divide dough into 3 parts and bake in jelly tins in a quick oven. Use a white icing and spread thickly with fresh walnut meats. KENTUCKY RECEIPT BOOK. 257 Nut Cake. Two cups granulated sugar, 1 cup of butter^ 3 cups of flour, 1 cup of cold water, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, 2 cups kernels pf hickory nuts or white walnuts. Bemove all shell troTDL nuts and add last. Bake in a greased mold or in jelly tins. Peel Cake. One cup of butter, 1% cups granulated sugar, 3% cups flour. % cup sour milk, 2% eggs, 'Y2 wine glass of brandy, a dash of nut- ^^Sj V2 pound of raisins, % pound of mixed peel, ^ pound almonds finely chopped, % teaspoon of salt

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