Plain Plum Cake

Name: Plain Plum Cake
Ingredients: 8 ounces of flour; 5 ounces of butter; 5 ounces of currants; 5 ounces of sultana raisins; 1 ounce of candied peel; 1 ounce of Jordan almonds finely cut up; teaspoonful of baking powder; 4^ ounces of brown sugar; 3 eggs

From Wholesome cookery, 1887

Presented as published in 1887. 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 Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Plum Cake. 8 ounces of flour, 5 ounces of butter (or 2^ ounces of butter and 2i ounces of dripping), 5 ounces of currants, 5 ounces of sultana raisins, 1 ounce of candied peel, 1 ounce of Jordan almonds flnely cut up, teaspoonful of baking powder, 4^ ounces of brown sugar, and 3 eggs

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