Plum Cake. — Mix a pinch of salt and a
dessert-spoonful of baking-powder with one
pound of flour. Rub into this a quarter of a
pound of good beef dripping, and add a quarter
of a pound of sugar, and half a pound of picked
and dried cuiTants, one ounce of finely minced
lemon-peel, and half a nutmeg grated. Make
the mixture into a light dough wdth new milk,
pour it into a buttered tin, and bake imme-
diately for about an horn-. Probable cost, lOd.
Sufficient for a moderate-sized cake.
Plum Cake {see Currant Cakes).
Plum Cake (another way). — Beat one
pound of butter to a cream, and mix with it
three well-beaten eggs, two pounds of best
flour, one pound of currants, one pound of
sugar, five heaped tea-spoonfuls of baking-
powder, and a pinch of salt✪ Plum Cake (another way). Mix rather lightly
with lukewarm mdk. Put the dough into
buttered tins, and bake immediately. This
cake is very good, but does not improve with
keeping more than a day or two. Time to
bake, one or two hours, according to the size of
the tins. Probable cost, Is. 8d. Sufficient for
two or three cakes.
Plum Cake, Excellent. — Mix three
tea-spoonfuls of baking powder and half a tea-
spoonful of salt with one pound of flour. Rub
into this half a pound of butter, lard, or sweet
beef dripping, or portions of each. Add three-
quarters of a pound of washed, dried, and picked
currants, a quarter of a pound of stoned and
chopped raisins, half a pound of moist sugar, two
ounces of candied peel cut into naiTow strips, and
a small nutmeg grated. Mix these ingi^edients
thoroughly. WTiisk two eggs for five or six
minutes. Mix with them four drops of almond
essence and a little milk new-milk-warm✪ Plum Cake, Excellent. Stir
this into the flour, and add as much milk as will
make it into a light dough. Put it into a large
buttered tin, or two small ones, and bake im-
mediately for one or two hours, according to
the size of the tins. Probable cost, 2s. Suf-
ficient for a good-sized cake.
I Plum Cake made with Soda. — Rub
a quarter of a jiound of butter into a pound of
flour, add a pinch of salt, half a pound of sugar,
half a pound of washed and dried currants, and
two ounces of candied peel cut into shreds. Mix
these ingredients thoroughly, then beat them
into a jjaste with half a pint of milk. Dissolve a
tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda in two table-
spoonfuls of warm milk. Stir this into the
dough, and beat it again thoroughly. Put it
into a buttered tin, and bake in a well-heated
oven from an hour and a half to two hours.
Sufficient for a good-sized cake. Probable cost,
Is. 4d.
Plum Cake made with Soda (another
way).' — Beat a quarter of a pound of butter✪ Plum Cake made with Soda to
a cream. Add two eggs thoroughly whisked,
four ounces of powdered sugar, and a quarter
of an ounce of carbonate of soda dissolved in
two table-spoonfuls of warm milk. Beat the
batter thoroughly, then work in gradually a
pound of best flour and a quarter of a pound of
washed and di-ied currants. Beat the dough
thoroughly for several minutes, ■pour it into a
buttered tin, and bake in a well-heated oven
for about an horn-. Probable cost, lOd. Suf-
ficient for a moderate-sized tin.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Plum Cake. — Mix a pinch of salt and a dessert-spoonful of baking-powder with one pound of flour. Rub into this a quarter of a pound of good beef dripping, and add a quarter of a pound of sugar, and half a pound of picked and dried currants, one ounce of finely minced lemon-peel, and half a nutmeg grated. Make the mixture into a light dough with new milk, pour it into a buttered tin, and bake immediately for about an hour. Probable cost, lOd. Sufficient for a moderate-sized cake.
Plum Cake {see Currant Cakes).
Plum Cake (another way). — Beat one pound of butter to a cream, and mix with it three well-beaten eggs, two pounds of best flour, one pound of currants, one pound of sugar, five heaped tea-spoonfuls of bakingpowder, and a pinch of salt. Mix rather lightly with lukewarm milk. Put the dough into buttered tins, and bake immediately. This cake is very good, but does not improve with keeping more than a day or two. Time to bake, one or two hours, according to the size of the tins. Probable cost, Is. 8d. Sufficient for two or three cakes.
Plum Cake, Excellent. — Mix three tea-spoonfuls of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt with one pound of flour. Rub into this half a pound of butter, lard, or sweet beef dripping, or portions of each. Add threequarters of a pound of washed, dried, and picked currants, a quarter of a pound of stoned and chopped raisins, half a pound of moist sugar, two ounces of candied peel cut into narrow strips, and a small nutmeg grated. Mix these ingredients thoroughly. Whisk two eggs for five or six minutes. Mix with them four drops of almond essence and a little milk new-milk-warm. Stir this into the flour, and add as much milk as will make it into a light dough. Put it into a large buttered tin, or two small ones, and bake immediately for one or two hours, according to the size of the tins. Probable cost, 2s. Sufficient for a good-sized cake.
I Plum Cake made with Soda. — Rub
a quarter of a jiound of butter into a pound of flour, add a pinch of salt, half a pound of sugar, half a pound of washed and dried currants, and two ounces of candied peel cut into shreds. Mix these ingredients thoroughly, then beat them into a paste with half a pint of milk. Dissolve a tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda in two tablespoonfuls of warm milk. Stir this into the dough, and beat it again thoroughly. Put it into a buttered tin, and bake in a well-heated oven from an hour and a half to two hours. Sufficient for a good-sized cake. Probable cost, Is. 4d.
Plum Cake made with Soda (another way).' — Beat a quarter of a pound of butter to a cream. Add two eggs thoroughly whisked, four ounces of powdered sugar, and a quarter of an ounce of carbonate of soda dissolved in two table-spoonfuls of warm milk. Beat the batter thoroughly, then work in gradually a pound of best flour and a quarter of a pound of washed and dried currants. Beat the dough thoroughly for several minutes, ■pour it into a buttered tin, and bake in a well-heated oven for about an hour. Probable cost, lOd. Sufficient for a moderate-sized tin.
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