Photo: David Holifield
Ingredients
- 1/2 quartern of dough
- 1 egg
Directions
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1775. INGREDIENTS.--1/2 quartern of dough, 1/4 lb. of good dripping, 6 oz. of moist sugar, 1/2 oz. of caraway seeds, 1 egg.
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_Mode_.--If the dough is sent in from the baker's, put it in a basin covered with a cloth, and set it in a warm place to rise. Then with a wooden spoon beat the dripping to a liquid; add it, with the other ingredients, to the dough, and beat it until everything is very thoroughly mixed. Put it into a buttered tin, and bake the cake for rather more than 2 hours.
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_Time_.--Rather more than 2 hours.
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_Average cost_, 8d.
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_Seasonable_ at any time.
By Isabella Beeton ·
Recipe sourced from
gutenberg