Queen's Cake

Name: Queen's Cake
Ingredients: One pound sugar; one pound flour; one-half pound butter; four eggs; one and one half gills sour cream; one gill wine or brandy; one nutmeg; small teaspoon soda; one pound raisins; one-half pound citron

From Mother Hubbard's cupboard, 1887

Presented as published in 1887. 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 Mother Hubbard's cupboard (1887), page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

QUEEN'S CAKE. One pound sugar, one pound flour, one-half pound butter, four eggs, one and one half gills sour cream, one gill wine or brandy, one nutmeg, small teaspoon soda, one pound raisins, one-half pound citron

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