Name: Christmas Cake (2)
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Ingredients: 1 tablesp. vinegar; 2 level teasp. bicarbonate of soda; ¼ pt. cream; ½ lb. raisins; ¼ oz. ground ginger; 2 eggs; 5 tablesp. treacle; 12 oz. plain flour; 4 oz. butter; 6 oz. moist sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

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Ingredients

4 oz. butter
12 oz. plain flour
6 oz.

Method

Grease and line a 7-in. cake-tin.

Warm the butter but do not allow it to oil. Sift the flour into a bowl, add the sugar, ginger and chopped raisins. Mix well, then stir in the butter, cream, treacle and well-beaten eggs. Beat for a few minutes. Pour the vinegar on to the soda and stir into the

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