Recipe of Victorian Plum Cake

Plum Cake

• Twelve ounces of butter
• Twelve ounces of flour
• Eight ounces of sugar
• Four ounces of candied cherries
• Four ounces of raisins
• Four ounces of sultanas
• Four ounces of chopped almonds
• Four ounces of mixed candied orange, lemon, and citron peel
• Grated rind of one lemon and one orange
• Half a teaspoonful of mixed spice
• Two eggs
• One glass of brandy
• Dust of salt

Method; Beat the butter and sugar into a cream and add the eggs [well beaten] alternately with the flour [sifted], then add the brandy and beat the mixture for ten minutes in a reasonable sized bowl.. Stone the raisins and chop slightly, also divide the cherries and cut up the peel into rather large pieces. Then add all these ingredients to the cake mix and mix well. Pour into a suitable sized cake tin which has been lined with oil paper and bake in a moderate oven for three to three and a half hours.