Rich Plum Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pound butter
• 1 pound loaf sugar, sifted
• 1 pound fine flour
• 10 eggs, whites
• 10 eggs, yolks
• 0.5 nutmeg, grated
• 1 pound currants, well-washed
• 0.5 pound mixed candied peels, cut small
• 1 glass brandy

Instructions

1. Beat the butter to a cream. Add the sifted loaf sugar and fine flour. Fold in the whites of the eggs, beaten to a froth, and the yolks, beaten till quite smooth and thin. Add the grated nutmeg. Work in the well-washed currants, mixed candied peels cut small, and the brandy. Bake for two hours.