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Queen Cakes

From The household gas cookery book, 1900

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1900. 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 The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 109. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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)

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