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Cake, Economical

Name: Cake, Economical
Ingredients: 1 lb. of flour; 1/4 lb. of sugar; 1/4 lb. of butter or lard; 1/2 lb. of currants; 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda; the whites of 4 eggs; 1/2 pint of milk

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Cake, Common

Basic baking

Cake, Nice Useful

Time: 1-1/2 hour.

Ingredients

1 lb. of flour
1/4 lb. of sugar
1/4 lb. of butter or lard
1/2 lb. of currants
1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda
the whites of 4 eggs
1/2 pint of milk

Directions

Beat the butter to a cream

Well whisk the whites of the eggs

Stir all the ingredients together but the soda, which must not be added until all is well mixed, and the cake is ready to be put into the oven

When the mixture has been well beaten, stir in the soda

Put the cake into a buttered mould

Bake it in a moderate oven for 1-1/2 hour

In making many sweet dishes, the whites of eggs are not required, and if well beaten and added to the above ingredients, make an excellent cake, with or without currants.

Source: The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton (1859)

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