Wedding Cake

Name: Wedding Cake
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: Butter 2 lb.; currants 2 lb.; flour 2 lb.; eggs 16; castor sugar 2 lb.; prunes ½ lb.; dates ½ lb.; sultanas 1 lb.; raisins 1 lb.; cherries ¾ lb.; brandy ¼ pint; almonds ½ lb.; mixed peel 1 lb.; maraschino 2 tablespoonfuls; essence of lemon 1 tablespoonful; sherry or rum ¼ pint; sherry or rum ¼ pint; ground mace 1 teaspoonful; ground cloves ½ teaspoonful; vanilla 1 teaspoonful; carbonate of soda 1 tablespoonful; cinnamon ½ teaspoonful; salt ½ teaspoonful.

MS. 1904

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

About

Ingredients

Recipe

Butter 2 lb.
castor sugar 2 lb.
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Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

The following ingredients are mixed and baked in the same way as above, but as they weigh about 16 lb. instead of 4 lb. they will have to be baked in three tiers, the lower one