Old English Spice Cake with Currant Hard Sauce Recipe

Old English Spice Cake with Currant Hard Sauce Recipe

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Here I adapted an 18th century English spice cake recipe which also makes nice cupcakes.

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Cooking tools:

  • Mortar and pestle
  • Mixing bowl
  • Hand mixer
  • Sifter
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Spatula
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sheet cake pan
  • Muffin tin
  • Pastry brush
  • Oven
  • Cooling rack
  • Microplane
  • Grater
  • Whisk
  • Fork
  • Kitchen scale
  • Saucepan
  • Plate

Ingredients

  • butter, unsalted
  • sugar
  • eggs
  • milk
  • flour, unbleached, all-purpose
  • water
  • baking powder
  • saffron threads
  • vanilla extract
  • caraway seeds
  • lemon zest
  • orange zest
  • cinnamon
  • cloves
  • mace
  • nutmeg
  • butter
  • cream cheese
  • powdered sugar
  • lemon juice
  • raisins, seedless
  • currants

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