Name: Rich Plum Cake
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: bicarbonate of soda ½ teaspoonful; currants ½ lb.; flour ½ lb.; eggs 6; brandy or rum 2 tablespoonfuls or if preferred 2 tablespoonfuls of orange juice; castor sugar ½ lb.; cherries ¼ lb.; blanched almonds ¼ lb.; salt ¼ teaspoonful; Butter ½ lb.; stoned raisins ½ lb.; if a dark cake be required a little black coffee may be added, but don’t use any that has chicory in it. These quantities are sufficient for a 4 lb. cake.; cream of tartar 1 teaspoonful; sultanas ½ lb.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

About

This is a most delicious cake of the Dundee type, and is suitable for a birthday, wedding or Christmas cake.

Ingredients

Butter ½ lb.
castor sugar ½ lb.
eggs

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Cake
Birthday
Wedding/Marriage
Christmas
Vegetarian

Method

Prepare cake tin which should measure 7½ inches in diameter and 2¾ in, in depth, by brushing the inside with sweet olive-oil; then line with buttered greaseproof paper.