Portugal Cake

Name: Portugal Cake
Ingredients: half a pound of butter; one pound of sugar; one pound of flour; six eggs; two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice or white wine; one pound of seeded raisins, or citron; one and a half pounds of blanched almonds; one grated nutmeg

From La cuisine creole, 1885

Presented as published in 1885. 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 La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 60. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PORTUGAL CAKE. Make a batter with half a pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound of flour, and six eggs, two table- spoonfuls of lemon juice or white wîne. Add one pound of seeded raisins, or citron, dredged with a little of the flour; one and a half pounds of blanched almonds eut fine, and one grated nutmeg

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