Recipes Featuring Citron
- Christmas Cake
1/2 lb sugar
1/2 lb butter
3 eggs, beaten separately
1 cup milk
1 lb flour
2 tsps baking powder
1/2 lb currants, raisins & chopped citron
Lemon flavoring - Fruit Bread
2 cups milk
2 cakes yeast
1/2 tsp salt
4 Tbsp lard
4 Tbsp sugar
1 1/2 cups fruit, finely cut - raisins, currants, citron, dates, figs or prunelles
Flour
- Coffee Cake | 1 cup butter
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
4 cups flour
1 cup cold, strong coffee
1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in a spoonful of hot water
2 tsp cream of tartar
4 eggs
1 tsp cloves
1-1/2 tsp cinn - German Coffee Cake | 1 egg, beaten
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk, scalded
2 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp sugar
1/4 yeast cake, dissolved
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup shaved citron
Flour
- Fruit Cake | 1 pound sugar (brown)
1 pound sugar (brown)
1 pound butter
12 eggs
1 pound flour
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon each nutmeg and mace
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 cups raisins
4 cups currants
4 cups chopped almonds
4 cu - 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
- Imperial Cake | 1 lb butter
1 lb butter
1 lb sugar
1 lb flour
8 Tbsp brandy
1 lb raisins, stoned
1/2 lb citron, cut in little strips
1 lb almonds, blanched & split in half
1/2 tsp baking soda, dissolved in very little mil - Plum Pudding | 1/2 pound suet
1/2 pound suet
1/2 pound flour
1/2 pound raisins
1/2 pound currants
1/2 pound grated potato
1/2 pound grated carrots
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 teaspoon each ground allspice, and cloves
Little black - Cracker Pudding
10 crackers rolled
A piece of butter
5 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 cups stoned raisins
1 cup currants
Citron, cinnamon, nutmeg and little flour (1 Tablespoon) - Christmas Plum Pudding
2 pounds raisins
2 pounds currant
1/2 pound citron or lemon peel
1/2 cup sugar
2 pounds beef suet
Butter size of orange
2 pounds flour
2 thick slices bread crumbled fine
7 eggs
1 teaspoon gro