Plain Fruit Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 Ib. of flour
• 1/2 lb. of dripping
• 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• a little allspice
• a little salt
• 1/2 lb. of currants
• 1/2 lb. of white sugar
• 3/4 pint of milk

Method

1. 1

   Mix into the flour the baking powder and salt, then with the hands rub the dripping in the flour until it resembles bread-crumbs.

2. 2

   Add the currants, allspice and sugar.

3. 3

   Take care that the ingredients are well mixed; pour in the milk and mix with a wooden spoon.

4. 4

   Grease a quartern tin and pour the mixture into it; bake for one hour.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Ideal cook book (1899) by Anne Clarke, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Fruit Cakes—Ingredients—1 Ib. of flour, % lb. of dripping, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little allspice and salt, Y Ib. of currants, %% lb. of white sugar, and 3% pint of milk. Mix into the flour the baking powder and salt, then with the hands rub the dripping in the flour until it resembles bread-crumbs. Add the currants, allspice and sugar. Take care that the ingredients are well mixed ; pour in the milk and mix with a wooden spoon. Grease a quartern tin and pour the mixture into it; bake for one hour. ‘To ensure the cake being done stick a piece of broom straw into it. This answers the same purpose as a knife and is better, as the knife is apt to make the cake heavy. Turn the cake on end to allow the steam to evaporate. 516. Farmer’s Cake—Ingredients—1 cupful of dried sour apples, 1 cupful sugar, 1 cupful golden syrup, I small cupful of butter, r small cupful of sour milk, I teaspoonful of soda, cinnamon and cloves, 1 pt. of flour, 1 egg. Mince the apples and soak over night; now let them simmer with the syrup for two hours. Mix other ingredients. BREAD AND CAKES. 1b] as you would for any cake. Add apples and syrup when cool. Bake in tins, the oven must not be too hot. Should take half an hour. 517. Plain Fruit Cake (2)—Ingredients—1 lb. of flour, % Ib. of raisins, 4 0z. of dripping, 4 oz. of white sugar, a teacupful of milk, I egg, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little salt

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