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Old English Spice Cake with Currant Hard Sauce

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Recipe

Here I adapted an 18th century English spice cake recipe which also makes nice cupcakes.

 

Yield

12 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

75 min

Ready

90 min

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
Cake
1 cup butter, unsalted
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2 cups sugar
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4 large eggs
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¾ cup milk
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3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
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¼ cup water
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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½ teaspoon saffron threads
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½ teaspoon vanilla extract
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2 teaspoons caraway seeds
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lemon zest
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orange zest
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½ teaspoon cinnamon
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½ teaspoon cloves
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½ teaspoon mace
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½ teaspoon nutmeg
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Currant hard sauce
½ cup butter
unsalted
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¼ pound cream cheese
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¾ cup powdered sugar
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2 tablespoons lemon juice
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½ teaspoon saffron threads
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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¼ cup raisins, seedless
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¼ cup currants

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
Cake
237 ml butter, unsalted
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473 ml sugar
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4 large eggs
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177 ml milk
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7.1E+2 ml unbleached all-purpose flour
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59 ml water
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1E+1 ml baking powder
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2.5 ml saffron threads
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2.5 ml vanilla extract
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1E+1 ml caraway seeds
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1 each lemon zest
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1 each orange zest
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2.5 ml cinnamon
ground
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2.5 ml cloves
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2.5 ml mace
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2.5 ml nutmeg
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Currant hard sauce
118 ml butter
unsalted
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113.4 g cream cheese
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177 ml powdered sugar
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3E+1 ml lemon juice
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2.5 ml saffron threads
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5 ml vanilla extract
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59 ml raisins, seedless
yellow
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59 ml currants

Directions

Powder saffron, work into butter.

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, one at a time.

Add vanilla and caraway.

Sift together dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to batter alternately with milk.

Mix in zest. Pour into greased, floured sheet cake or cupcake pan.

Preheat oven and bake at 350℉ (180℃) (175C) for about 1¼ hrs.

Check after 1 hour. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then on rack. Serve with dollop of Currant Hard Sauce.

CURRANT HARD SAUCE:

Powder saffron, work into chilled cream cheese. Cream together butter and cheese. Beat until light and fluffy. Mix in remaining ingredients and chill. Serve at room temperature.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 156g (5.5 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 55447% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 29g 44%
Saturated Fat 17g 87%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 143mg 48%
Sodium 116mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 23g 23%
Dietary Fiber 1g 5%
Sugars g
Protein 14g
Vitamin A 19% Vitamin C 9%
Calcium 7% Iron 12%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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