Wedding Fruit Cake a la Gimo

Ingredients

• Two cups of butter
• three quarters pound of finely grated bread crumbs
• one and a half cups of flour
• three teaspoonfuls of Royal Baking Powder
• one cup of milk
• six eggs
• two cups of brown sugar
• a glass of brandy
• a glass of sherry
• one pound of currants
• two pounds of raisins
• a half pound of mixed citron peel
• a cup of finely chopped almonds
• a teaspoon of maize
• cinnamon
• rose extract
• nutmeg
• a half teaspoon of ginger
• two tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate

Method

1. 1

   Stir the butter and sugar to a cream; add all the spices, then add the yolks of the eggs; stir three minutes between each; add milk, flour, baking powder, chocolate, and bread crumbs that have been mixed; stir until a smooth batter; add the brandy and sherry and the raisins that have been well stoned and cut in pieces, currants that have been thoroughly washed, citron peel softened and cut fine, and almonds; mix well, last add the white of eggs beaten to a meringue.

2. 2

   Fill a deep large cake pan that holds a tube in the center and has been well buttered and papered; part of it put in a small timbale mould, then put it in a roasting pan that is sprinkled with salt to prevent it from burning and bake in the oven for about two hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Ericsson Hammond's salad appetizer cook book... (1924) by Maria Matilda Ericsson Hammond, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Wedding Fruit Cake a la Gimo G£teau de Noce a la Gimo Two cups of butter, three quarters pound of finely grated bread crumbs, one and a half cups of flour, three teaspoonfuls of Royal Baking Powder, one cup of milk, six eggs, two cups of brown sugar, a glass of brandy, a glass of sherry, one pound of currants, two pounds of raisins, a half pound of mixed citron peel, a cup of finely chopped almonds, a teaspoon of maize, cinnamon, rose extract, nut¬ meg, a half teaspoon of ginger, and two tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate

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