\"carolina housewife\" wedding cake of 1850
1 big cake
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | pounds | Butter |
| 20 | pounds | Sugar |
| 20 | pounds | Flour |
| 20 | pounds | Raisins |
| 40 | pounds | Currants |
| 12 | pounds | Citron |
| 20 | eaches | Nutmegs |
| 1 | ounce | Mace |
| 4 | ounces | Cinnamon |
| 20 | eaches | Glasses wine |
| 20 | eaches | Glasses brandy |
| 10 | eaches | Eggs to the pound |
Directions
Add cloves to your taste. If you wish it richer, add 2 pounds of currants, and 1 pound of raisins to each pound of flour.
[JP- The above is the complete text of the recipe.] From Miss Mary Deas Ravenel in _Charleston Receipt Book_ The Junior League of Charleston 1950 1993 edition, 28th printing ISBN 0-9607854-2-6 Typos by Jeff Pruett Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 05-26-95