Sweet Baked Goods Independence Cake

independence cake

(from Jennie June's American Cookery Book, by Jane Cunningham Croly, 1866)

Ingredients:

20 lbs. flour​

15 lbs. sugar​

10 lbs. butter​

1 dozen eggs​

1 quart of wine​

1 quart of brandy​

1 oz. nutmeg​

3 oz. cinnamon​

3 oz. cloves​

3 oz. mace​

2 lbs. citron​

5 lbs. currants​

5 lbs. rasins​

1 quart yeast​

frosting​

Instructions:

Twenty pounds of flour, fifteen pounds of sugar, ten pounds of butter, four dozen of eggs, one quart of wine, one quart of brandy, one ounce of nutmegs, three ounces each of cinnamon, cloves, and mace, two pounds of citron, five pounds each of currants and raisins, and one quart of yeast. Frost it, and dress it with box and rose leaf.​

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Wow!!! Take a look at this recipe for an 1866 Independence Cake. How many people is this supposed to serve?!? And just how big is this oven? Well forget the oven – how big was the mixing bowl??? Obviously an Independence Day celebration back in 1866 was a big celebration! Think we should whip one of these up for the gathering at Vicksburg @bdtex ?

 

[Seduzal]

I'l help you make it but cannot eat it because of to much sugar!

 

[donna]

Nice find.

Happy 4th of July.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Ellie. Another great delicious dessert recipe. My grandmother and mother made this type of cake for the Fourth of July holiday. By the way, what is ingredient known as citron? David.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Ellie. Another great delicious dessert recipe. My grandmother and mother made this type of cake for the Fourth of July holiday. By the way, what is ingredient known as citron? David.

Thanks David! Citron is a semi-tropical fruit that's similar to a lemon, but with a thicker skin. You can make a citron liqueur. It's often referred to as the "noble cousin of limoncello."

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[Deleted User CS]

Thanks David! Citron is a semi-tropical fruit that's similar to a lemon, but with a thicker skin. You can make a citron liqueur. It's often referred to as the "noble cousin of limoncello."

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ELLIE. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. DAVID.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Thought I'd bump this thread for the 4th of July.

 

[donna]

A cake big enough for all on the forum. Happy Independence Day a few days early.