Soda Cake

Name: Soda Cake
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: Work 6 ozs. of butter; i lb. of flour; \ lb. of sifted sugar; \ pint of boiling milk; the yolks of three well-whisked eggs; a very small teaspoonful of carbonate of soda; if approved, a little grated nutmeg; Add raisins and peel according to taste

From Cookery and housekeeping, 1882

Serves 4

Presented as published in 1882. 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 Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 175. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Soda Cake. Work 6 ozs. of butter well into i lb. of flour ; add \ lb. of sifted sugar, \ pint of boiling milk, the yolks of three well-whisked eggs, and, if approved, a little grated nutmeg. Beat the whole well and lightly together for about a quarter of an hour. Add a very small teaspoonful BUNS. 439 of carbonate of soda, well dried. Beat it again for a few minutes, then bake it for an hour and a half. Add raisins and peel according to taste

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