Rich Black Cake

Ingredients

• 20 eggs
• 2 pounds of butter
• 2 pounds of sugar
• 2.5 pounds of flour
• 5 pounds of fruit
• 1/2 ounce of mace
• 1 nutmeg
• 1/2 pint of wine
• some French brandy

Method

1. 1

   Divide the whites from the yolks of the eggs and beat the whites to a froth.

2. 2

   Work the butter to a cream, adding the whites of eggs a spoonful at a time until well mixed.

3. 3

   Add the powdered sugar in the same manner, then the beaten yolks, flour, and fruit.

4. 4

   Finally, add mace, nutmeg, wine, and brandy.

5. 5

   Bake for five and a quarter hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors (1907) by Maude A. Bomberger, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

RICH BLACK CAKE {Mount Vernon) Take 20 eggs; divide the whites from the yolks, and beat the whites to a froth. Then work 2 pounds of butter to a cream, put the whites of eggs to it, a spoonful at a time, until well mixed. Then put 2 pounds of sugar, finely powdered, in it in the same manner. Then add the yolks of eggs, well beaten, 2.\ pounds of flour, and 5 pounds of fruit. Add to this \ ounce of mace, a nutmeg, \ pint of wine, and some French brandy

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