Common Cake
A historical recipe from The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary, by Eaton, Mary, active 1823-1849 (1822).
A historical recipe
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families, by Eaton, Mary, active 1823-1849 (1822). Project Gutenberg eBook #29084.
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Source and licence
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary, by Eaton, Mary, active 1823-1849 (1822). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #29084 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29084). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- a pound of flour
- a pound of butter
- four ounces of sugar
- an ounce of carraways
- a glass of raisin wine
- two pounds of dried flour
- a pound of Lisbon sugar
- a pint of milk
- a glass of sweet wine
- A pound of currants
- four eggs
Method
- Mix three quarters of a pound of flour with half a pound of butter, four ounces of sugar, four eggs, half an ounce of carraways, and a glass of raisin wine.
- Beat it well, and bake it in a quick oven.--A better sort of common cake may be made of half a pound of butter, rubbed into two pounds of dried flour;
- then add three spoonfuls of yeast that is not bitter, and work it to a paste.
- Let it rise an hour and a half;
- then mix in the yolks and whites of four eggs beaten separately, a pound of Lisbon sugar, about a pint of milk to make it of a proper thickness, a glass of sweet wine, the rind of a lemon, and a tea-spoonful of powdered ginger.
- A pound of currants, or some carraways may be added, and let the whole be well beaten together.