White Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 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 eggs
• one grated cocoanut
• one pound of almonds
• half a pound of citron

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooks in clover (1889), page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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, ten eggs, and one tea- I spoon of baking powder. Flavor with vanilla. Mrs. H. P. Doreynus. Mock Pound Cake. — One cup of corn starch, wet with half a cup of milk; one cup of butter; two cups of sugar; three cups of flour; four eggs, the whites and yelks beaten separately ; two even tea- spoons of baking powder. Flavor to taste. Miss H. E. Latham. Orange Cake. — Two cups of sugar, the yelks of five eggs, half a cup of water, the rind and juice of one orange, two large cups of flour, with two tea- spoons of baking powder ; add the whites of three eggs well beaten. Icing: — The whites of two eggs, two tablespoons of pulverized sugar, and the rind of half an orange. Mrs. G. F. E. COOKS IN CLOVER. Currant Cake. — Two cups of flour, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, the whites of three eggs and yelks of four, and half a pound of currants. Miss E. B. O. Whortleberry Cake. — One quart of flour, one quart of berries, one and a half cups of sugar, two teaspoons of baking powder

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