Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 3 of 4 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Caraway | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoonful of bush's seedless caraway crystals
- 1 teaspoonful of baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 3 lbs
- 2 lbs
- 1 inch thick on a flat tin
- half dried cherries
- 10 ozs
Directions
ordinary bread dough, rub in \ lb. butter, f lb. sugar, 2 eggs, a little spice, gill of hot water, 3 lbs. fruit, currants or sultanas, or mixed. Do not put the fruit in, until the dough.and other ingredients have been thoroughly rubbed together quite smooth. The fault with these cakes is, that they do not usually get suffici- ent mixing, and patches of dough spoil both taste and appear- ance ; to obviate this, place the dough upon the board with the butter, eggs, sugar, spice, and hot water, and then with both hands tear the dough to pieces, rubbing at the same time until smooth ; then add the fruit and lightly mix it in ; do not rub it when the fruit is in or it will be smashed, and make the cake look very unsightly. When mixed, put into tins, and prove well before baking ; bake in a cool oven.
Sanitas Cake,
2 lbs. flour, i lb. butter, \ lb. sugar, 2 eggs, 1 oz. powder, pinch of spice, % pint milk, and i\ oz. of liquorice powder ; make up as other cakes, weigh into small sizes, bake in a quick oven. They are suitable for children, being a mild aperient.
Tottenham Cake.
4^1bs. flour, Jib. powder, fib. margarine, fib. currants, if lb. sugar, rub all well together ; wet up with water ; spread 1 inch thick on a flat tin, with piece of wood across each end, and bake in quick oven. When baked, ice over thinly with water icing or fondant, which is cheaper and better, excepting the labour. Usually there is some soiled left, which will do for the common work.
Trocadero Cakes*
ijlb. butter, i£lb. sugar, 2 lbs. eggs, 2 lbs. flour, 1 lb. sul- tanas, i lb. citron peel, J lb. half dried cherries, J oz. ground ginger, mix and bake carefully as for pound cakes. When cold, niask with the palest green fondant, pipe the outer part of top with white icing ; group tastefully bright drained or glace pre- served fruit in the centre, and cover the side with finely chopped pistachio kernels.
Seedless Caraway Cakes-
Take 1 lb. flour, 1 teaspoonful of Bush's Seedless Caraway Crystals, % lb. butter, 10 ozs. of castor sugar, 2 J lb. eggs, i gill of milk, and 1 teaspoonful of baking powder. Butter the cake tin thoroughly first of all, then line it with buttered paper. The buttered side to be next to the cake mixture. Cream the sugar and
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