This section is from the book "Lessons In Cookery", by Thomas K. Chambers. Also available from Amazon: Lessons In Cookery.
Ingredients. - Half a pound of flour. Quarter of a pound of butter. Quarter of a pound of sugar. Quarter of a pound of sultana raisins. One ounce of candied peel. Two eggs. One teaspoonful of baking-powder. Half a gill of milk. One lemon.
Time required, about one hour and a half.
To make a Sultana Cake:
1. Put half a pound of flour into a basin.
2. Rub a quarter of a pound of butter into the flour with your hands.
3. Now add a quarter of a pound of powdered sugar, a teaspoonful of baking-powder, and a quarter of a pound of sultana raisins.
4. Take a lemon, wipe it clean in a cloth, and grate the rind of it into the basin.
5. Cut up one ounce of candied peel into small pieces, and add it to the other ingredients.
6. Put half a gill of milk into a small basin, and add to it the yolks of two eggs. (Put the whites on a plate.)
7. Stir the milk and the eggs together and then pour it into the other ingredients, and mix all together.
8. Butter a cake-tin.
9. Whip the whites of the eggs into a stiff froth with a knife, and stir it lightly into the mixture.
10. Now pour it into the tin, and put it into the oven (the heat should rise to 240°) to bake for one hour and a quarter.
11. After that time, turn the cake out of the tin and stand it on its side, or on a sieve, to cool.
N. B. - This will prevent its getting heavy.
 
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