Cake (Buttermilk)
Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891
Ingredients
- cup flour
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 cup currants
- 1 tablespoonful butter
- 3 teaspoonful carbonate of soda
- 1 bottle buttermilk
- 2 tablespoonful cinnamon
- naartje (tangerine) peel
Instructions
- Mix 1 tablespoon of butter and 2 cups of sugar.
- Then mix with the flour 2 tablespoons of cinnamon, some naartje (tangerine orange) peel, 3 teaspoons of carbonate of soda, and 1 cup of currants. Vanilla essence may be used instead of the naartje peel.
- Stir in alternately a little of the flour and a little of the bottle of buttermilk.
- Have ready buttered moulds, and bake in a moderately quick oven.