A Plain Cake | Early Modern Maritime Recipes

A Plain Cake | Early Modern Maritime Recipes

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Discover a 19th-century recipe for a spiced fruit cake from Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring raisins, currants, and traditional flavors like caraway, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

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Ingredients

  • 1 Quartern of flour
  • 1 lb & ½ of Raisons & Currants
  • ½ oz Milk
  • ¼ lb of Butter
  • 9 Eggs
  • 3 oz of Carraways
  • Nutmeg
  • Ginger
  • & Cinnamon as much as will lay on a Shilling
  • ¼ lb of Sugar

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