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Queen Cakes

From Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book, 1898

Serves 6

The oven should be moderate. The eggs should be beaten by two people, as the whites must not be kept waiting.

Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book (1898) by Roundell, Charles Mrs, page 376. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Queen Cakes. — ( Family Recipe.) — A pound of sugar beat and sifted, a pound of flour well dried, a pound of butter, eight eggs, half a pound of currants well cleaned, a nutmeg grated, and the same quantity as that of mace and cinnamon

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