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Plain Imitation Tipsy Cake

From The housekeeper's guide to preserved meats, fruits, vegetables, &c, 1880

This is a cheap and admirable dish for children.

Presented as published in 1880. 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 The housekeeper's guide to preserved meats, fruits, vegetables, &c (1880), page 97. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

plain imitation tipsy cake can be made as follows : Take some stale bread and smear it over with gooseberry jam, or any other kind of jam ; pile it up in a dish, and soak it with some cowslip wine or raisin wine sweetened with a little sugar. Then pour a custard over the whole. A very cheap custard can be made by using half a pint of milk, an egg, a little arrowroot or cornflour

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