An Easy Way of Making a Tipsy Cake

Origin: London, England

Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Soak the sponge-cakes, which should be stale (on this account they should be cheaper), in a little raisin wine;
  2. arrange them on a deep glass dish in four layers, putting a layer of jam between each, and pour round them a pint of custard, made by recipe No. 1423, decorating the top with cut preserved fruit.

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