Wedding Cake, Excellent

Ingredients

• one pound and a half of flour
• one pound and a half of butter
• half a pound of candied lemon
• half a pound of candied orange
• half a pound of candied citron
• one pound of dried cherries
• one pound and a half of dried currants
• eight ounces of almonds
• eight eggs
• the rind of four oranges or of two lemons
• half an ounce of spices
• a teaspoonful of salt
• a small tumblerful of brandy

Method

1. 1

   Wash, pick, and dry the currants.

2. 2

   Cut cherries and slice candied peel.

3. 3

   Blanch and pound almonds.

4. 4

   Cream the butter, gradually add sugar, flour, and eggs, mixing thoroughly.

5. 5

   Add remaining ingredients gradually, beating for three-quarters of an hour.

6. 6

   Line a tin with buttered paper, pour in the mixture, and bake in a moderately heated oven.

7. 7

   Prepare icing with almonds and sugar, and spread over the cooled cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 2247. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Wedding Cake, Excellent.— A wed- ding cake is an expensive article to purchase, and if it is not wanted very large, may be made at home without much difficulty, and with a great saving of expense. It will improve with keeping — indeed, confectioners do not use their cakes until they have been made some months ; and if a cake is cut into soon after it is made it WEDDING CAKE. will crumble. To make a wedding cake, first procure the following ingredients : — One pound and a half of flour, one pound and a half of butter, half a pound of candied lemon, half a pound of candied orange, half a pound of candied citron, one pound of dried cherries, one pound and a half of dried currants (if the cherries cannot easily be procured, they may be omitted, and two pounds and a half of currants used instead), eight ounces of almonds, eight eggs, the rind of four oranges or of two lemons rubbed upon sugar, half an ounce of spices, consisting of powdered cinnamon, grated nut- meg, and powdered cloves in equal proportions, a tea-spoonful of .salt, and a small tumblerful of brandy

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