Photo: David Holifield
Ingredients
- 1/2 pint of milk
- 1 teaspoonful of ammonia
- 2 tablespoonfuls of milk
Directions
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1769. INGREDIENTS.--1 lb. of flour, 1/4 lb. of butter, 1/2 lb. of sugar, 1/2 lb. of currants, 2 oz. of candied lemon-peel, 1/2 pint of milk, 1 teaspoonful of ammonia or carbonate of soda.
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_Mode_.--Put the flour into a basin with the sugar, currants, and sliced candied peel; beat the butter to a cream, and mix all these ingredients together with the milk. Stir the ammonia into 2 tablespoonfuls of milk and add it to the dough, and beat the whole well, until everything is thoroughly mixed. Put the dough into a buttered tin, and bake the cake from 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
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_Time_.--1-1/2 to 2 hours.
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_Average cost_, 1s. 3d.
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_Seasonable_ at any time.
By Isabella Beeton ·
Recipe sourced from
gutenberg