What’s next for our Historical Recipe Baking Challenge? Why it’s an Economical Cake from Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. Hint: 1 lb of flour is about 3.5 cups.

Economical Cake:
Ingredients: 1 lb. of flour, ¼ lb of sugar, ¼ lb of butter or lard, ½ lb. Of currants, 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, the whites of 4 eggs, ½ pint of milk.

Mode: In making many sweet dishes, the whites of eggs are not required, and if well beaten and added to the above ingredients, make an excellent cake, with or without currants. Beat the butter to a cream, well whist the whites of the eggs, and stir all the ingredients together but the soda, which must not be added until all is well mixed, and the cake is ready to be put into the oven. When the mixture has been well beaten, stir in the sida, put the cake into a buttered mould, and bake it in a moderate oven for 1½ hour.

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