Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
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 pint milk
- 3 pints eggs
- 6 drops essence of almqnds
- a pinch of spice
- a gill of cream
- 4 lbs
- 2 ozs
- 2 lbs
- 3 lbs
- two tins
- 6 lbs
Directions
be allowed to scorch, as this destroys their flavour, and impairs their digestibility.
Plain Christmas Cakes-
i lb. butter, i lb. sugar, i\ lb. eggs, 3$ lbs. flour, 1 lb. peel, 4 lbs. currants, pinch of spice, 2 ozs. powder, 1 pint milk ; prepare us usual ; bake in a steady oven.
Birthday Cake-
1 lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. eggs, 1 lb. flour, 1 lb. sultanas, I lb. peel, 1 lb. currants, and a pinch of spice. Cream butter, etc., as directed ; add fruit, etc., and bake in a cool oven. When cold, ice white, and write name and date, and 4< Many happy returns of the day," in pink icing-sugar on the top. Ornament sides either with sugar or frilled paper, etc. Dried cherries in place of currants for a better class cake.
Bride Cake.
I. — 1$ lb. butter, 1$ lb. sugar, i£ eggs, 2 lbs. flour, 1 lb. chopped almonds, £ lb. dried cherries, i£ lb. sultanas, 3 lbs. currants, * oz. spice, and gill of brandy. Cream butter, etc., the same as directed ; add fruit and flour, mix well, and put into well- papered tins, and bake for four or six hours in a cool oven. Bake on double tins. If the oven has got a sound bottom put a few ashes between two tins and put the cakes upon the top tin.
II. — 3 lbs. butter, 4ilbs. sugar, 3 pints eggs, 4$ lbs. flour, 6 lbs. sultanas, 4 lbs. currants, 3 lbs. peel, 1 lb. chopped almonds, 1 oz. spice, 6 drops essence of almQnds, \ pint brandy ; cream and mix as before. These takes should be baked in a cool oven — place some ashes upon a tin, and then put the tin that has the cakes on upon the ashes.
Rice Cake*
i lb. butter, £ lb. sugar, \ lb. eggs (4), \ lb. prepared flour, J ib. ground rice, table-spoonful of milk. Cream butter and sugar usual way, and bake in cool oven.
Cocoa-nut Cake*
£ lb. fresh butter, £ lb. sugar, 1 lb. flour, \ lb. cocoa-nut (desiccated or grated), £ lb. eggs, and a gill of cream or good milk (if sour it will be better), 1 oz. of powder. Cream the butter, sugar, and eggs as usual for cakes ; then add cocoa-nut, flour, and cream, and bake in a good sound oven ; the prepared flour to be sifted with the flour previous to putting it in. When baked, ice with ordinary icing, or with meringue mixture, either of the two to be flavoured with an ounce or two of ground cocoa- nut ; or this icing can be dispensed with.
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