Wedding Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of light brown sugar
• one pound of flour
• one pound of butter
• eight eggs
• half an ounce of cloves
• half an ounce of cinnamon
• half an ounce of nutmeg
• one large wineglass of wine
• one large wineglass of brandy
• one cup of molasses
• four pounds of raisins
• one pound of currants
• one and a half pounds of citron
• one teaspoon of Royal baking powder
• a little salt

Method

1. 1

   Mix half of the flour with the fruit.

2. 2

   Bake six hours in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooks in clover (1889), page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Wedding Cake. — One pound each of light brown sugar, flour and butter, eight eggs, the whites and yelks beaten separately; half an ounce each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg; one large wineglass of wine, and one of brandy ; one cup of molasses 7S four pounds of raisins; one pound of currants; one and a half pounds of citron ; one teaspoon of Royal baking powder; a little salt. Mix half of the flour with the fruit. Bake six hours in a slow oven. Mrs. J. W. Mcloney. White Fruit Cake. — Half a pint of butter, one pint of sugar, one and a half pints of flour, two { teaspoons of baking powder, the whites of eight | 6ggs. Flavor, and stir in one grated cocoanut, one \ pound of almonds blanched and cut up fine, and ) half a pound of citron cut in small pieces. \ Mrs. Guild Copeland. J Nut Fruit Cake. — Half a cup of butter, one} pound each of raisins, Brazil nuts, and dates, fouri eggs, two teaspoons of cinnamon, one cup of strong/ coffee, two of brown sugar, one of sour milk, one tea- spoon of soda, and half a pound of currants. Every- thing chopped fine. Bake two hours. Miss Webb. \ Pound Cake. — One pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound of flour

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.