Florence White

Ripon Plum Cake or Christmas Cake

Mr. Herbert M. Bower’s recipe

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr 30

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By Florence White

Published 1932

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Ingredients

  • Butter 18 oz.
  • castor sugar ¾ lb.
  • 7

Method

  1. Beat the butter to a cream before the fire.
  2. Add sugar and beat together until quite white and smooth.
  3. Separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs.
  4. Beat the whites to a stiff snow.
  5. Mix both together a little before adding the butter.
  6. Beat them all well together ; then
  7. Mix the flour in lightly