Spice Cake
From Wholesome cookery, 1887
Another variation includes additional ingredients.
Presented as published in 1887. 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 Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Spice Cake. 1 teacupful of butter, 1 teacupful of brown sugar, 1 pint of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, 1 tea- spoonful of carraway essence, 1 of nutmeg essence, 1 of cinnamon essence, 1 of ginger essence, and 1 teacupful of milk. Mix the flour, sugar, and powder; rub it in the butter ; add the milk and essences. Mix it to a batter; fill a greased tin or small patty pans, and bake in a hot oven. Will take about 10 minutes. Another way. — 1 teacupful of milk, 1 teacupful of butter, 3 teacupfuls of flour, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, 2 eggs, half a teacupful of stoned raisins and half a teacupful of currants, 1 teaspoonful of nutmeg essence
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