Raisin Cake.
For two loaves of raisin cake, use : — 1 large cupful of butter, 1 cupful of milk, 5 eggs. 2 nutmegs, 2 cupfuls of sugar. 4 generous cupfuls of flour. 1 gill of brandy. '/_ teaspoonful of soda, 1 quart of boiled raisins. Put the raisins in a small stewpan, and cover them with cold water. Cook them slowly for half-an-hour, then drain and cool them. Beat the butter to a cream, and beat the sugar into It ; add the brandy and nutmeg, and beat a little longer. Arid the yolks of the eggs, well beaten. Dissolve the soda in the milk, and add this to the beaten ingredients. Now add the flour. Stir in the well-beaten whi'.cs of the eggs. Spread the batter in thin layers in two larg-e cakepans. and sprinkle ra.'sins upon each layer. Continue this until all the materials are used. Bake for two hours in a moderate oven. This cake keeps well.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3099, 15 September 1899, Page 6
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157Raisin Cake. Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3099, 15 September 1899, Page 6
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