Soda Cake

Ingredients

• i lb. of flour
• £ lb. ground rice
• £ lb. currants
• £ lb. butter or dripping
• £ lb. candied peel
• i lb. sugar
• 2 eggs
• i teaspoonful of carbonate of soda
• half a pint of cold milk

Method

1. 1

   Pass the flour through a sieve and rub in the butter; add the currants, candied peel and sugar, then beat in one egg and add half the milk, and then the other egg and the rest of the milk and soda.

2. 2

   Beat well for two minutes and bake in a moderate oven about one hour and a half.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Soda Cake— i lb. of flour, £ lb. ground rice, £ lb. currants, £ lb. butter or dripping, £ lb. candied peel, i lb. sugar, 2 eggs, and i teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, dissolved in half a pint of cold milk

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.