Rook Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of flour
• three ounces of butter
• three ounces of sugar
• three ounces of sultana raisins
• two eggs
• one teaspoonful of powdered ginger
• one-half gill of milk
• two teaspoonfuls of baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour and butter by rubbing together.

2. 2

   Add sugar, ginger, and baking powder, mixing well.

3. 3

   Prepare raisins by removing stems and add to the mixture.

4. 4

   Beat eggs, add milk, and stir into the dry ingredients to form a dough.

5. 5

   Grease a baking tin, place rough pieces of dough on it, and bake in a very hot oven for fifteen minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of cooking (1880) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rook Oake.— One pound of flour, three ounces of butter, three ounces of sugar, three ounces of sultana raisins, two eggs, one teaspoonful of powdered ginger, one- half gill of milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder

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