Plum Cake

Ingredients

• one pound butter
• two and one-half pounds flour
• half a nutmeg, grated
• two pounds currants
• one pound sugar
• six yolks eggs
• one-half pint each yeast
• and cream
• one half pound shelled and blanched almonds
• one-fourth pound citron

Method

1. 1

   Cut one pound butter in small pieces and work into two and one-half pounds flour with half a nutmeg, grated, and two pounds currants, picked and washed.

2. 2

   Add one pound sugar and six yolks eggs rubbed together, one-half pint each yeast and cream and work to a smooth batter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plum^Cake. — Cut one pound butter in small pieces and work in- to two and one-half pounds flour with half a nutmeg, grated, and two pounds currants, picked ^^^_^^^_^ and washed. Add one pound sugar and six yolks rmtcaka! eggs rubbed together, one-half pint each yeast and cream and work to a smooth batter. Pound one half pound shelled and blanched almonds with a little rose water to a paste and add with one-fourth pound citron

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