Christmas recipes |
Christmas Cake |
1 1/2 cup good butter 1 3/4 cup brown sugar 16 eggs 4 lb raisins 4 lb currants 1 lb mixed peel cut fine 2 lb flour 1 lb almonds,blanched cut fine 2 nutmeg,grated same of mace 1/2 pint brandy 1 tablespoon lemon essence |
Cream butter and sugar well, add the beaten yolks, then the stiffly beaten egg whites. Put all fruits and nuts together, rub with some of the 2 pounds of flour. Beat well, then add nuts and brandy. I make just half of this recipe and I put in a very small teaspoon of soda. Bake slowly. This is a transcription from my Grandma Dixon's handwritten recipe book. It dates from the first quarter of this century. |