SPECIAL NEW YEAR CAKE
wf , (New Lynn) Eight ounces butter, 3 tablespoons orange marmalade, 4 eggs, 10 oz. plain flour, 1 dessertspoon cocoa, 2 teaspoon baking soda, 14 lb. mixed peel (finely shredded), 4 oz. ground almonds (if liked), 8 oz. brown sugar, 1 _ teaspoon each vanilla, almond essence, a teaspoons mixed spice, 4 teaspoon salt, 3 Ib. mixed fruit (cherries, raisins, sultanas, dates, figs, etc.), 4 tablespoons sherry or strong black coffee (or some of each). Prepare 8 in. deep cake tin with at least 3 or 4 thicknesses brown paper on bottom and sides, then waxed or greaseproof paper. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in marmalade and essences, and eggs, one at a time, until mixture smooth. Stir in sifted flour (with usual amount’ cornflour mixed in), spice, cocoa, salt and baking soda. Add prepared fruit, peel, and ground almonds. Lastly stir in liquid. Turn into prepared tin, smoothing down evenly. Place in slow oven, and bake very slowly covering for first half of cooking time with two thicknesses paper. Takes about 32 to 4% hours at 300 degrees to cook. Weighs 4\/> to 5% Ib.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 805, 24 December 1954, Page 20
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188SPECIAL NEW YEAR CAKE New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 805, 24 December 1954, Page 20
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