Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
Bread Cake
From Twentieth century home cook book, 1905
Serves 5
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
Ingredients
- Three cups of dough, very light
- three cups of sugar
- one cup of butter
- three eggs
- a nutmeg
- one teaspoonful of pearlash dissolved in a little hot water
- raisins
Method
Rub the butter and sugar together, add the eggs and spice, and mix all thoroughly with the dough.
Beat it well and pour into the pans.
It will do to bake immediately, but the cake will be lighter if it stands a short time to rise before putting it into the oven.
As published
This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Bread Cake. — Three cups of dough, very hght; three cups of sugar, one cup of butter, three eggs, a nutmeg, raisins, one teaspoonful of pearlash dissolved in a little hot water
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