Simnel Cake

Name: Simnel Cake
Ingredients: 5 ozs. butter; 6 ozs. flour; 2 ozs. of citron peel; 5 ozs. sugar (castor); £ lb. currants; 3 eggs; i of a rind and juice of lemon; i tablespoonful brandy; A little baking powder

From The Samaritan cookery book, 1903

Inside for Cake: 1 lb. ground almonds, 1.5 teaspoonful vanilla essence, 6 ozs. castor sugar, Yolks of two eggs. Mix together, split the cake, and put icing between. Outside Icing: 0.25 lb. ground almonds, 1.5 teaspoonful vanilla essence, 6 ozs. castor sugar, White of an egg. Mix together and spread over cake.

Presented as published in 1903. 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 The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SIMNEL CAKE. 5 ozs. butter 6 ozs. flour 2 ozs. of citron peel 5 ozs. sugar (castor) £ lb. currants 3 eggs . i of a rind and juice of lemon i tablespoonful brandy A little baking powder

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