Wednesday, January 1, 2014

100 Year Old Cake Recipe for Wedding Cake


100 Year Old Cake Recipe for Wedding Cake 
foodfunandfacts.com

Ingredients:

50 eggs
5 pounds sugar
5 pounds flour
5 pounds butter
15 pounds raisins
3 pounds citron
10 pounds currants
1 pint brandy
1/4 ounce cloves
1 ounce cinnamon
4 ounces mace
4 ounces nutmeg
No directions are given for this cake, just the ingredients.

  The recipe comes from the book, "Centennial Buckeye Cookbook," published in 1876.  It says this makes 44-1/2 pounds of cake and will keep for 20 years!

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