Superior Rock Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 lb. flour
• l lb. castor sugar
• ^ lb. butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 oz. sultanas
• 1 oz. candied peel
• 1 oz. Jordan almonds
• 2 tablespoons of brandy
• 2 tablespoons of sherry

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter very lightly into the flour until it is like breadcrumbs, have ready all the dry ingredients mixed well together, stir into the butter and flour, then add the well-whisked eggs and brandy and sherry.

2. 2

   Drop in rocky lumps onto a baking sheet that has been spread with a piece of buttered paper.

3. 3

   Bake in a moderate oven about twenty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "A1" cookery book (1901) by H. N. L., page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Superior Rock Cakes (very good). — 1 lb. flour, l lb. castor sugar, ^ lb. butter, 2 eggs, 2 oz. sultanas, 1 oz. candied peel, 1 oz. Jordan almonds, 2 tablespoons of brandy, 2 tablespoons of sherry

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