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: A Pound of Currants, Washed, Cleansed and Dried 12 Eggs; An Ounce of Salt; 1½ Pounds of Shredded Orange, Lemon and Green Citron Peel, Combined; A Pound of Raisins, Seeded and Chopped; An Ounce of Ground Cloves Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Coriander Seed in Equal Proportions; 1½ Pounds of Butter; 2 Teaspoonfuls of Baking Powder; ½ Pint of French Brandy; 9 Cupfuls of Flour; 3¾ Cupfuls of Sifted Sugar; ½ Gill of Caramel, or Burnt Sugar Coloring; 8 Ounces of Ground Almonds; The Juice of 4 Oranges; A Pound of Cherries, Chopped and Dried

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
Cake
Dessert
New Orleans
Vegetarian
Spicy

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