Soda Cake

Ingredients

• t lb. Flour
• Teaspoon of Soda
• 4 lb. Sugar
• Teaspoon of Cream of Tartar
• i lb. Butter
• 3 Eggs
• 4 lb. Curranti
• i pint of Milk
• Some Lemon Peel (grated), or Cinnamon

Method

1. 1

   First rub sugar and butter well together.

2. 2

   Mix the soda, etc., dry with the flour and currants; then rub that with butter and sugar; lastly, add the pint of milk.

3. 3

   Put into the oven immediately, and bake an hour and a quarter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's "where is it?" of recipes (1891) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

3 Eggs. Teaspoonful of mixed Cinnamon ; lib. Butter. NaartjePeel{TangerineOrange), I lb. Sugar. dried and powdered ; and some lib. Flour. Nutmeg. Whisk the eggs (whites and yolks) separately. Stir the butter to a cream ; add dry sifted sugar, then yolks, well whisked, then flour and spices, previously well mixed, and lastly, the whites. Have a well-buttered mould, dusted with fine biscuit j a buttered paper on the top of mould. Bake in moderate oven for two hours. CAKE {PRUSSIAN). (Berg River Recipe.) Ingredients, % Eggs. 250 Sweet Almonds, 1 lb. Flour. 20 Bitter Almonds. I lb. White Sugar. Wineglass of Brandy. Whisk the yolks and whites separately. Blanch and pound the almonds. Beat the yolks and sugar together ; then the whites ; add flour, and lastly, almonds. Bake one hour and a half. Vety good cake. CAKE {QUEEN). Ingredients. I lb. Butter. 10 Eggs. I tablespoonful Orange-flower WatCT. ij lb. of Flour. I lb. White Sugar. 4 lb- Almonds. Beat butter to a cream ; add orange-flower water ; then the sugar (pounded), the eggs beaten very light, a pound and a half of finest flour. Beat all well together; add half a pound of blanched almonds. Butter tins ; line with paper ; put in the mixture an inch and a half deep. Bake in a quick oven one hour. •7 C] CAKE (SILVER— SODA— SPONGE). CAKE {RICE).—See ^. /y^ CAKE {SILVER). Ingredients, 2 cups of Flour. Whites of 4 Eggs. J cup of Butter. 1 teaspoon Cream of Taitar. ij cup of Sugar. I teaspoon Soda. i cup Milk. 20 drops Essence of Almonds. Made the same 4s Golden Cake ; can be made at the same time. CAKE (SODA). (Mrs. Myburgh's Recipe.] Ingredients, t lb. Flour. Teaspoon of Soda. 4 lb. Sugar. Teaspoon of Cream of Tartar. i lb. Butter. Some Lemon Peel (grated), or 3 Eggs. Cinnamon. 4 lb. Curranti. i pint of Milk

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