Plum cake
1 servings
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1½ | pounds | Butter |
1 | pounds | Sugar |
12 | Eggs | |
1 | pounds | Flour |
3 | pounds | Raisins |
1½ | pounds | Currants |
½ | pounds | Citron peel |
½ | pounds | Lemon peel |
1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
1 | teaspoon | Allspice |
½ | teaspoon | Mace |
½ | teaspoon | Clove |
1 | Nutmeg,grated | |
3 | tablespoons | Strawberry jam |
½ | pounds | Almonds |
1 | pounds | Dates |
1 | tablespoon | Baking powder |
Directions: This is a copy of my grandmother's handwritten recipe, from the first quarter of this century. As with most of her other recipes, there are no directions for either mixing or baking.
Liz Parkinson