Transcribe
Translate
Emma Cornelia Ricketson cookbook manuscript, New Bedford, December 1862
Page 122
More information
digital collection
archival collection guide
transcription tips
-Cake- Washington. Mrs R. 1 1/3# flour - 1 1/2# sugar - 1# 2oz butter 7 eggs - 1 pt cream - 1 teaspoon saleratus - 4 nutmegs - 1 wineglass brandy - 2 1/# raisins if fruit settles put in more flour - bake 2 hours in small size pans. -another- Mrs. W. Nye. 1 3/4# flour - 1 3/4# sugar - 1 1/2# butter 1/2 pt milk - 1 teaspoon pearlash - 1 glass brandy 3 nutmegs - a little cinnamon - 2 1/2# fruit 7 eggs. Cream. Mrs W. Nye. 3 oz pounded loaf sugar - the yolk of 9 eggs work them well together - add 3 tablespooons melted butter & some flour - 1 1/2 pt sweet cream & the peal of 1 lemon - then add flour suffecient for the mixture to become a soft dough or paste of which take with a knife or spoon & put it on the iron. Bake it on a slow fire. The iron should be greased the first time with white wax.
Saving...
prev
next
-Cake- Washington. Mrs R. 1 1/3# flour - 1 1/2# sugar - 1# 2oz butter 7 eggs - 1 pt cream - 1 teaspoon saleratus - 4 nutmegs - 1 wineglass brandy - 2 1/# raisins if fruit settles put in more flour - bake 2 hours in small size pans. -another- Mrs. W. Nye. 1 3/4# flour - 1 3/4# sugar - 1 1/2# butter 1/2 pt milk - 1 teaspoon pearlash - 1 glass brandy 3 nutmegs - a little cinnamon - 2 1/2# fruit 7 eggs. Cream. Mrs W. Nye. 3 oz pounded loaf sugar - the yolk of 9 eggs work them well together - add 3 tablespooons melted butter & some flour - 1 1/2 pt sweet cream & the peal of 1 lemon - then add flour suffecient for the mixture to become a soft dough or paste of which take with a knife or spoon & put it on the iron. Bake it on a slow fire. The iron should be greased the first time with white wax.
Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks
sidebar
