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COMMON PLUM CAKE
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COMMON PLUM CAKE

6 ingredients 5 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

609
Calories
21g
Protein
9g
Fat
108g
Carbs

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
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Cake 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

  • 2 tablespoonfuls of fresh yeast
  • 1 pint of new milk
  • 3 lbs
  • 6 buttered tins
  • 6 small cakes
  • allspice

Directions

1

1768. INGREDIENTS.--3 lbs. of flour, 6 oz. of butter or good dripping, 6 oz. of moist sugar, 6 oz. of currants, 4 oz. of pounded allspice, 2 tablespoonfuls of fresh yeast, 1 pint of new milk.

2

_Mode_.--Rub the butter into the flour; add the sugar, currants, and allspice; warm the milk, stir to it the yeast, and mix the whole into a dough; knead it well, and put it into 6 buttered tins; place them near the fire for nearly an hour for the dough to rise, then bake the cakes in a good oven from 1 to 11/4 hour. To ascertain when they are done, plunge a clean knife into the middle, and if on withdrawal it comes out clean, the cakes are done.

3

_Time_.--1 to 1-1/4 hour.

4

_Average cost_, 1s. 8d.

5

_Sufficient_ to make 6 small cakes.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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