Sweet Baked Goods Wealthy Cake

wealthy cake

(from the Dallas Herald, Dallas, Texas, January 2, 1861)

Ingredients:

1/2 lb. butter​

3/4 lb. sugar​

3/4 lb. flour​

4 eggs​

2 lb. raisins​

1 lb. currants​

1/4 lb. citron​

1 gill brandy​

nutmeg​

ground cloves​

Instructions:

Take 1/2 pound of butter, 3/4 pound of sugar, the same of flour, 4 eggs, 2lb of seeded raisins, 1 pound of currants, 1/4 pound of citron, 1 gill of brandy. Spice well with nutmeg and ground cloves. Bake slowly three hours. This cake will keep six months. Icing for the cake: beat the white of two eggs to a froth, then stir in a half pound of powdered sugar. Flavor with a little essence of lemon, and spread on with a knife when the cake is cold.​

NB - a gill is just less than half a cup. So measure half a cup of brandy, take a sip, and add

 

[donna]

It does sound rich. It somewhat like a type of fruit cake but has icing.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

NB - a gill is just less than half a cup. So measure half a cup of brandy, take a sip, and add

I like the way you think! I also like a nip of brandy.

 

[JOHN42768]

A version of a much disparaged fruit cake that I happen to like very much. You could never put to much brandy on top

 

[lupaglupa]

I have two fruitcakes in my attic right now. They get a bourbon bath every Sunday night.