Plum Cake

Ingredients

• £ lb. of flour
• £ lb. of sultanas
• 2 oz. of candied peel
• 2 eggs
• 3 oz. of butter or dripping
• £ lb. of sugar
• 1 gill of milk
• £ teaspoonful of baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the flour, add the sultanas and peel.

2. 2

   Mix the baking powder with the castor sugar and add next.

3. 3

   Beat the yolks of the eggs with the milk and mix with the ingredients.

4. 4

   Whip the egg whites to a stiff froth and add lightly to the mixture.

5. 5

   Pour into a cake tin lined with buttered paper and bake for an hour.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 109. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plum Cake.— Ingredients : \ lb. of flour, \ lb. of sultanas, 2 oz. of candied peel, 2 eggs, 3 oz. of butter or dripping, J lb. of sugar, 1 gill of milk, J teaspoon¬ ful of baking powder. Rub the butter in the flour; add the sultanas and peel ; mix the baking powder thoroughly with the castor sugar and add next. Beat the yolks of the eggs with the milk and mix with the ingredients. Lastly, whip up the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and add very lightly to the mixture. Pour into a cake tin lined with buttered paper and bake an hour. Pound Cakes.— Ingredients : J lb. of flour, J lb. of currants, J- lb. of sugar, 4 eggs, J lb. of butter, J lb. of sultanas, 2 oz. of peel. Whip the sugar and GAS COOKERY BOOK. 199 eggs for a \ hour, then add the flour and a little baking powder and the currants; melt the butter and pour in last. Bake in little tins for 20 minutes, or the whole cake ij hours. Queen Cakes— Ingredients : £ lb. of sugar, \ lb. of butter, 2 eggs, 5 oz. of flour, J oz. of currants, a little nutmeg or lemon peel (grated). Cream the sugar and butter, and beat in the eggs one at a time; add the flour lightly, lastly the currants and flavour¬ ing. Bake in patty pans ten minutes in a hot oven. Rock Cakes.— Ingredients : £ lb. of flour, £ lb. of dripping, \ lb. of currants, £ lb. of castor sugar, 2 eggs, 1 oz. of candied lemon peel, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder.

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.