Don't Hate Fruitcake - Old Cookbook Show

Mrs. Owens' Cook Book
English Fruit Cake.
a cake of compressed yeast.
1 pint of flour; make a sponge.
a teaspoon of salt.
pounds of currants.
1 cup of chopped raisins.
1 cup of sugar.
cup of shortening.
1 ounce of citron.
1 teaspoon of lemon extract.
Let the sponge rise; then knead like bread. When light again, work in all the other ingredients; place in the pan for baking. When light, bake.

Our fruitcake / Christmas Cake recipe: https://youtu.be/sRPf9w9PGYY
Our Gum Drop / Jube Jube cake recipe: https://youtu.be/ddQ3rxTJUKk

0:00 welcome to the old cookbook show
1:27 Mrs. Owens 1883 Cookbook
2:06 mixing the sponge
4:21 what is English Fruit Cake
5:05 1685 recipes for fruit cake
7:44 mixing in the butter, sugar and fruit
13:00 What is shortening
15:11 tasting English Fruit Cake
17:10 A 1685 English Christmas Feast!


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