Caledonian Wedding Cake
- Ready In:
- 10hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
1 very large wedding cake
ingredients
- 4 lbs raisins
- 4 lbs currants
- 4 lbs figs
- 1⁄2 lb sweet almonds, blanche & chop
- 1 lb candied peel
- 4 lbs brown sugar
- 4 lbs flour, baked brown
- 4 lbs butter, beaten to a cream
- 16 ounces sherry wine
- 16 ounces brandy
- 32 eggs, beaten seperately
- 2 pieces grated nutmeg
- cinnamon
- essence of ratafia
- lemon essence
- 1 teaspoon baking soda, in whites of eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
directions
- Bake 10 hours in a slow oven.
- One-quarter of this makes a nice large cake; full quantities, 4 stories high.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vnut-Beyond Redempt
Singapore
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