Rich Bride Cake

Ingredients

• 5 lbs. sifted flour
• 3 lbs. fresh butter
• 2 lbs. white sugar
• 5 lbs. currants
• 1½ lbs. of sweet almonds
• ¼ lb. of candied citron
• 6 oz. of candied orange
• 6 oz. of candied lemon
• 4½ oz. of mace
• half a quarter of cloves
• 17 eggs
• 2 nutmegs
• a little orange flower water

Method

1. 1

   Blanch and pound the almonds, adding a little orange flower water to prevent oiling.

2. 2

   Then proceed to work the butter with the hands until of the consistency of cream.

3. 3

   Add the sugar.

4. 4

   Whisk the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and add to the butter and sugar.

5. 5

   Beat the yolks of the eggs for twelve minutes, and add them to the flour, grated nutmeg, and finely powdered mace and cloves, beating the whole for three-quarters of an hour.

6. 6

   Then proceed to add lightly the almonds, with the thinly sliced peel.

7. 7

   Then beat for half an hour.

8. 8

   Line your cake tin with buttered paper, and fill with the mixture.

9. 9

   The oven should be tolerably quick, but great care must be taken that it is not too fierce, or the cake will brown before it begins to soak.

10. 10

    It will take about six hours to bake.

11. 11

    Test if done as in Recipe for “Plain Fruit Cake.” Turn on end to allow the steam to evaporate and spread with icing when cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Ideal cook book (1899) by Anne Clarke, page 95. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rich Bride Cake —Ingredients—5 Ibs. sifted flour, 3 lbs, fresh butter, 2 lbs. white sugar, 5 lbs. currants, 1% Ibs. of sweet almonds, a4 peel, 4% oz. of mace, half a quarter of cloves, 17 eggs, 2 nutmegs, a little orange flower water. Blanch and pound the almonds, adding a little orange ¢ Ib. of candied citron,

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