Recipes Featuring Brandy
- Easter Egg Nog
2 cups thick cream, whipped
2 egg yolks
5 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup brandy
2 egg whites
- Superior Loaf Cake
2 cups butter
3 cups sugar
2 small cups milk
7 cups flour, sifted
4 eggs, separated
4 ounces seeded raisins
4 ounces currants, washed and dried
4 ounces citron, sliced
1 Tbsp powdered cinnamon - Black Cake | 1 1/4 lbs butter
1 1/4 lbs butter
1 1/2 lbs sugar
1 1/2 lbs flour, sifted
1 1/2 dozen eggs
2 lbs stoned raisins
2 lbs currants, picked and washed
1 lb citron, sliced
2 Tbsps cloves, pulverized
2 Tbsps nutmeg
- Spanish Cream | 1 quart double cream
1 quart double cream
1/3 pound confectioner's sugar
1/3 cup brandy
1 ounce gelatine (4 tablespoons)
- Shrub
1 gallon of new milk
2 quarts of red wine
6 lemons
4 Seville oranges (pare them very thin)
12 oranges
12 lemons
2 gallons of rum
1 gallon of brandy
2 pounds of double-refined sugar - Christmas Plum Pudding | 2 cups soft bread crumbs
2 cups soft bread crumbs
2 cups chopped suet
1 cup chopped raisins
1 cup chopped citron
1 cup cleaned currants
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
6 eggs
1/2 cup brandy
1/2 tablespoon lemon rin - Mint Julep
Leaves of mint
2 teaspoons confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons water
1 jigger brandy or Bourbon whiskey
Sprigs of mint
Fruit - Pound Cake | 1 lb powdered sugar
1 lb powdered sugar
1 lb butter
1 lb flour
10 egg yolks, very lightly beaten
12 egg whites, beaten to a stiff froth
4 Tbsps brandy or rind of 1 lemon, grated
- Fruit Jumbles | 1 lb butter
1 lb butter
1 lb sugar
1-1/4 lbs flour
6 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately
2 Tbsp brandy
Nutmeg
1/2 lb seeded raisins or currants, washed & dried
- Virginia Fruit Cake
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup currants
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup citron
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teasp
