Sweet Baked Goods A Plum Cake

623. a plum cake

(from The Complete Cook: Plain and Practical Directions for Cooking and Housekeeping by J.M. Sanderson, 1846)

Ingredients:

1/4 pint of dough​

1/2 lb. moist sugar​

1/2 lb. butter​

1 tea-cup of cream​

2 eggs​

1 lb. currants​

raisins (optional)​

1 tsp. allspice​

2 oz. candied orange peel​

1 oz. carraway seeds​

Instructions:

A quartern of dough, half a pound of moist sugar, half a pound of butter, a tea-cup full of cream and two eggs, a pound of currants (add raisins if you please) a tea-spoonful of allspice, two ounces of candied orange peel cut small, and an ounce of carraway seeds. Roll the dough out several times, and spread over the several ingredients; flour the pan well, and set it on one side the fire to rise; bake an hour and a half. A richer cake may be made by adding more sweetmeats, butter, eggs, and almonds, and so forth. The dough made as bread; when risen, melt the butter in warm milk and put to it with the other ingredients, and put to rise.​

Photo by Frank Vincentz, CC-3.0​

 

[mofederal]

These people really loved their butter a lot. I like it myself, but not as much. This one does sound a little rich, but I know the Victorians loved their sweets. So do we, but just a little less. Thanks again for showing an old desert that probably needs to revived for the future. Thank you @Albert Sailhorst once again.

 

[donna]

Another delicious cake for the Holidays.

 

[donna]

May 4 is candied orange peel day. You don't find a lot with orange peel. However this cake recipe from Albert has orange peel. It be a good one to make.

 

[JOHN42768]

There is always Marmalade which is pre-sweetened and cut back on the sugar

 

[donna]

I was looking up older cakes, and found mention of several recipes for plum cake. It was made all year round and not just for the holidays. Thought bump Albert's recipe.

 

[KianGaf]

JOHN42768 said:
There is always Marmalade which is pre-sweetened and cut back on the sugar

I was never a huge fan of marmalade in the morning. My gran always had toast & no peel marmalade to start her day.

 

[KianGaf]

There is always Marmalade which is pre-sweetened and cut back on the sugar

I was never a huge fan of marmalade in the morning. My gran always had toast & no peel marmalade to start her day.