Spice Cake

Ingredients

• Half a pound flour
• Three ounces butter
• One and a half teaspoonfuls of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg
• Two eggs
• One teaspoonful of baking-powder

Method

1. 1

   Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Plain cookery recipes (1908) by Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Half a pound flour. I Half an ounce castor sugar. Half an ounce yeast. 1 One gill milk. Sieve the flour, cream the yeast and sugar, add the tepid milk, strain it into the flour, and beat this mixture till smooth. 122 PLAIN COOKERY RECIPES. Cover it with a cloth, and put in a warm place till well risen (about one hour). Have ready — Half a pound flour. | Four ounces butter. Four small eggs. Beat the eggs and the butter, broken in small pieces, into the flour ; then incorporate them with the risen dough. Let it rise for one hour. Form into oval-shaped cakes ; prove for above fifteen minutes. Bake in a quick oven for twenty minutes. Brush with a little clarified butter. Savarin. Quarter of a pound flour. Quarter of an ounce yeast. Quarter of a teaspoonful sugar. Half a gill milk. Two eggs. Two and a half ounces butter. Sieve the flour into a bowl. Cream the yeast and sugar till liquid, add the tepid milk, and strain it into the flour. Cover with a cloth ; put the bowl in a warm place to allow the sponge to rise (about thirty minutes). When risen, work in the flour, and beat in the eggs and the butter broken in small pieces. Beat until the mixture drops from the fingers. Grease a mould with clarified butter, dust it with rice flour, and put in the mixture. The mould should be three-quarters full. Prove in a warm place until the mixture has risen to the top of the tin. Bake in a hot oven for about thirty minutes. Turn out, and pour over the following syrup : — Syrup for Savarin. Four ounces sugar. Two tablespoonfuls rum. Half a pint water. Juice of half a lemon. Boil the water and sugar about seven minutes until it forms a syrup. Add the rum and lemon juice, and it is ready for use. Note . — Baba. Use savarin mixture, with the addition of one ounce of currants, and bake in small tins. When cooked soak in syrup. BREAD, CAKES, BISCUITS. 123 Vienna Bread. One pound flour. One teaspoonful salt. One ounce butter. Half an ounce yeast. Half a pint milk. One egg. One teaspoonful castor sugar. Sieve flour and salt into a bowl, and rub in the butter. Cream the yeast and sugar until liquid. Add the tepid milk, and strain it into the middle of the flour ; strain in also the beaten egg. Mix together to a smooth dough. Cover with a cloth, and put in a warm place till well risen (about one hour). Form into fancy shapes, place on a greased baking- sheet, and prove for about fifteen minutes. Bake in a quick oven for about twenty to thirty minutes. Brush over with clarified butter. Plain Plum Cake. Half-pound flour. Quarter-pound butter. Quarter-pound sugar. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. Half a teaspoonful allspice. Two ounces Valencia raisins. Two ounces currants. Two ounces peel. Two eggs. A little milk. Sieve the flour. Clean and prepare the fruit, and mix with it the spice and one teaspoonful of flour. Cream the butter and sugar ; add the flour and the eggs by degrees, beating thoroughly. Add the fruit and the baking-powder mixed with the last spoonful of flour. The mixture should be of a consistency to drop easily from the spoon, so if necessary add a little milk. Turn into a prepared cake-tin. Place in a hot oven till risen. Moderate the heat, and bake steadily for about one and a half hours. 124 PLAIN COOKERY RECIPES. Sultana Cake* Grated rind of half a lemon. Two ounces candied peel. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. Two eggs. Half-pound flour. Quarter-pound butter. Quarter-pound castor sugar. Quarter-pound sultanas. A little milk. Prepare and bake as for Plum Cake (page 123). German Pound Cake. Ten ounces flour. Eight ounces butter. Eight ounces castor sugar. Eight ounces sultanas. Four ounces peel. Grated rind of one lemon. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. Five eggs. Prepare and bake as for Plum Cake (page 123). Scotch Seed Cake. Fourteen ounces flour. Eight ounces sugar. Eight ounces mixed peel (lemon, orange, citron). Six eggs. Prepare and bake as for Plum Cake (page 123). Eight ounces butter. Four ounces almonds. One dessertspoonful baking- powder. Six ounces flour. Two ounces rice flour. Four ounces castor sugar. Four ounces butter. Two ounces currants. Luncheon Cake. Half an ounce candied peel. Pinch of nutmeg. Two eggs. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. About half a gill milk. Sieve the flour and rub in the butter. Clean the sultanas, shred the peel, and mix all the dry ingredients. Beat the 125 BREAD, CAKES, BISCUITS. eggs, add the milk, mix with the dry ingredients, and beat well. Turn into a prepared cake-tin, and bake in a steady oven for one and a half to two hours. Currant Cake. Half-pound flour. Three ounces butter. Four ounces castor sugar. Four ounces currants. Two eggs. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. About half a gill milk. Prepare and bake as for Luncheon Cake. Madeira Cake. Eight ounces flour. Five ounces butter. Five ounces castor sugar. Grated lemon rind. Four eggs. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. Citron peel. Sieve the flour, cream the butter and sugar, add the grated lemon rind. Add the flour and eggs by degrees, and beat well. Add the baking-powder with the last spoonful of flour. T urn into a greased and papered tin ; place the citron peel on the top. Place in a moderate oven, and bake steadily for one and a half hours. Carraway Seed Cake. Half a pound flour. Quarter of a pound butter. Quarter of a pound castor sugar. Two eggs. One dessertspoonful carraway seeds. One teaspoonful of baking- powder. A little milk. Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake. 126 PLAIN COOKERY RECIPES. Rice Cake* Six ounces rice flour. One teaspoonful of baking- Three ounces flour. powder. Four ounces butter. Two eggs. Four ounces sugar. Lemon essence. Prepare and bake as for Madeira Cake (page 125). Half a pound flour. Four ounces sugar. One teaspoonful of baking powder. Spice Cake. Three ounces butter. One and a half teaspoonfuls of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Two eggs

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