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55. English Plum Cake. Melt 1 pound of nice butter, clarify and let it cool
again, take 1 pound of sifted sugar, 1 pound of cornstarch, 1 pound of nicely
washed and dried currants, 12 eggs, 2 ounces of finely cut citron, 1/4 ounce of
cinnamon, 1/8 ounce of cloves, both ground, and a wineglassful of Madeira or
arrac.
Stir the butter to a cream, add, one by one, the yolks of the eggs, spices,
sugar, currants and stir all for half an hour as directed under No. 1. Lightly
stir through it the beaten whites of the eggs, then the starch and finally the
Madeira, put the cake into a moderate oven and bake for 1 1/4 hours. If baking
powder is added to the flour it will greatly improve the cake.
56. Layer Cake. A layer cake that will keep fresh for a long time is made of 8
eggs, the weight of the eggs in sugar, butter and flour.
The butter is melted, poured from the settlings and then allowed to cool again,
add the sugar by degrees, and stir until all is melted. Then gradually put in
the eggs, and stir the whole for 1/2 hour as given under No. 1, mix the flour
through this, and then bake three cakes to a dark yellow color, spread two with
jelly and lay the third on this. The next day cut the edge smoothly and dust
sugar over the top. Lemon peel and' lemon juice can also be added to this cake
making one cake and spreading it with jelly and then with the beaten whites of 3
eggs, seasoning with a little vanilla, and set it in the oven a few moments to
dry.
57. Ribbon Cake. 1 pound of freshened butter, 1 pound of sifted sugar, 1 pound
of warmed flour, 16 eggs, 1 lemon, 1 teaspoonful of mace, 2 teaspoonfuls of
cinnamon, 3 ounces of sweet and 1/2 ounce of bitter grated almonds.
The butter is slowly melted; poured from the settlings and stirred with sugar.
Add the yolks of the eggs, juice and grated rind of the lemon, mace, cinnamon
ana almonds, and this is stirred for 1/2 hour as given under No. 1. Then stir
the beaten whites of the eggs, a spoonful at a time, with the flour to the cake.
Spread on the pan to the thickness of about 1/8 inch, and bake to a yellow
color, spread dough over this and bake again, and so on until 5 layers are
baked, which must
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