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Stranger's Cake, or Polly's Cake

Name: Stranger's Cake, or Polly's Cake
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: half a pound of butter; a pound of flour; a small salt-spoonful of salt; three heaped tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder; a pound of ground rice; half a pound of moist sugar; a pound of picked currants or sultanas; two ounces of candied peel; four well-whisked eggs; a cupful of milk

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 5

Probable cost: 2s. 6d. for a cake this size.

Presented as published in 1892. 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 Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1907. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stranger's Cake, or Polly's Cake.— Rub haK a pound of butter or sweet dripping into a pound of flour. Add a small salt-spoon- ful of salt, three heaped tea-spoonfuls of baking- powder, a pound of gi-ound rice, half a pound of moist sugar, a pound of picked currants or sultanas, and two ounces of candied peel. A little spice may be added if approved. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly. Mix the cake with four well-whisked eggs and a cupful of milk

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