A Plain Cake

[ A Plain Cake ] Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Date: Late 18th or early 19th century; exact date unknown.

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Food

Ingredients
flour
raisins
currants
milk
butter
carroway
nutmeg
cinnamon
ginger
sugar
eggs
yeast

Places
Halifax
Nova Scotia

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Sarah Creighton Wilkins
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: MacDonald Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 No. 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,618

Description

Recipe for a cake with raisins, currants, and spices.


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Transcription

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 A Plain Cake

1 Quartern of flour   1 lb & ½ of Raisons
& Currants ½ oz Milk  ¼  lb of Butter
9 Eggs  3 oz of Carraways  Nutmeg  Ginger
& Cinnamon as much as will lay on a
Shilling  ¼ lb of Sugar
Take the flour seed spice sugar & fruit
all together  The Eggs beat well & melt
the Butter in the Milk  Skim the Top if
it wants tho it seldom does & the mix
it with the other ingredients not
quite ½ a pint of yeast bake it
according to the oven an hour enough
Chop the Raisons & Clean the Currents
Let the Yeast rise a little before
you mix the Eggs butter & Milk
with the flour & c