Frau Schmidt's "German Christmas Cake"
A historical recipe from Mary at the farm, and book of recipes compiled during her visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans", by Thomas, Edith M. (Edith May) (1915).
A historical recipe
Mary at the farm, and book of recipes compiled during her visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans", by Thomas, Edith M. (Edith May) (1915). Project Gutenberg eBook #13545.
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From Mary at the farm, and book of recipes compiled during her visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans", by Thomas, Edith M. (Edith May) (1915). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #13545 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13545). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- a pound of pulverized sugar
- a pound of butter
- 1 pint of milk
- 1-1/2 pounds of flour sifted
- 4 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
- 2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla extract
- a pound cake
- five eggs
- 1 grated lemon
Method
- Cream together in a bowl half a pound of pulverized sugar and half a pound of butter;
- then add yolks of five eggs, 1 grated lemon rind, 1 pint of milk, 1-1/2 pounds of flour sifted with 4 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, 2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla extract.
- Bake at once in a moderately hot oven.
- Mary baked an ordinary-sized cake by using one-half of this recipe.
- The cake was fine grained, similar to a pound cake, although not quite as rich, and she added a couple tablespoonfuls of thinly shaved citron to the batter before baking.
- This is a particularly fine cake.