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Plum Cake
From Vegetarian cookery, 1891
Serves 6
A few drops of almond flavour may be added.
Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from Vegetarian cookery (1891) by Martha Brotherton, page 127. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Plum Cake. Half a pound of flour, ten ounces of butter, half a pound of sugar, five eggs, two pounds of currants, quarter of a pound of almonds, three quarters of a pound of citron, half a pound of candied lemon, a little rose water, or elder-flower water, and one tea-spoonful of baking powder
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