Plum Cake, or Old-Fashioned Creole Wedding Cake

Name: Plum Cake, or Old-Fashioned Creole Wedding Cake (Gateau de Noces Creole a l’Ancienne)
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 3¾ Cupfuls of Sifted Sugar; ½ Gill of Caramel, or Burnt Sugar Coloring; A Pound of Currants, Washed, Cleansed and Dried 12 Eggs; The Juice of 4 Oranges; 8 Ounces of Ground Almonds; An Ounce of Salt; A Pound of Cherries, Chopped and Dried; 1½ Pounds of Shredded Orange, Lemon and Green Citron Peel, Combined; 1½ Pounds of Butter; 2 Teaspoonfuls of Baking Powder; An Ounce of Ground Cloves Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Coriander Seed in Equal Proportions; A Pound of Raisins, Seeded and Chopped; ½ Pint of French Brandy; 9 Cupfuls of Flour

Gateau de Noces Creole a l’Ancienne

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

By The Times Picayune Publishing Company

Published 1901

About

Ingredients

9 Cupfuls of Flour
3¾ Cupfuls of Sifted Sugar
1½ Pounds

Americas
United States
Dessert
Cake
Spicy
Vegetarian
New Orleans

Method

Work the butter until it becomes very creamy, using a wooden spoon. Then add the sugar, working to a thick cream, and add the yolks of the eggs, well beaten and the juice of four oranges. Beat till light, and add by degrees the flour, salt and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, working the batter we