[Sca-cooks] Sweet bread or cake recipe needed

[Terry Decker]

To Make a Cake

Take half a peck (7 lbs.) of flour, two pound and a half of Currans, 3 or 4 
Nutmegs, one pound of Almond paste, 2 pound of Butter, and one pint of 
Cream, three teaspoonfuls of Rosewater, three quarters of a pound of Sugar,, 
half a pint of Sack, a quarter pint of Yeast, and six Eggs, so make it and 
bake it.

The Countess of Kent, A True Gentlewoman's Delight, 1653

The publication is posthumous, so the recipe is certainly earlier.

Bear


> I am hoping for recipe help.  I was kitchen help at an event last week,
> and ended up salvaging a 5lb container of: currants and chopped almonds
> that were simmered in white wine.  (It was to go in a rice dish where
> the rice did not cooperate.  It seemed a shame to waste the stuff, so
> it is in my fridge.)  I am HOPING to find a cake or bread recipe,
> prefer period or at least period inspired,  that takes well to freezing
> and ideally can be made in loaf pans.  Bonus if it is late period
> English/British isles.
> The mix reminds me very much of part of a Stollen dough (just add candy
> fruits) but as we discussed, period Stollen are not the same creatures.
>
> I know there are some great resources on this list so Im certain you
> will come through with something.  Thanks for all the help in advance.
>
> In Service
> Gwen Cat