Raised Loaf Cake

Ingredients

• Three cupfuls of warm milk
• One cupful of sugar
• One-half cupful of yeast
• One-half cake of compressed yeast
• Flour to thicken
• One and a-half cupful of butter
• Two cupfuls of sugar
• One cupful of raisins
• One wine-glassful of wine or brandy
• One tea-spoonful of cinnamon
• One-half tea-spoonful of nutmeg
• Two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Combine the milk, sugar, and yeast, adding enough flour to make a thick batter.

2. 2

   Let it rise overnight.

3. 3

   In the morning, add the butter, beaten eggs, sugar, spices, and brandy.

4. 4

   Incorporate the floured raisins and bake slowly for fifty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 233. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

RAISED LOAF CAKE. Three cupfuls of warm milk. One cupful of sugar. One-half cupful of yeast, or One-half cake of compressed yeast. Flour to thicken. %-. CAKE. 537 Place the milk, sugar and yeast together, and add enough flour to make a rather thick batter. Set the batter in a warm place over night. In the morning add One and a-half cupful of butter. Two cupfuls of sugar. One cupful of raisins. One wine-glassful of wine or brandy. One tea-spoonful of cinnamon. One-half tea-spoonful of nutmeg. Two eggs

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