Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper / Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or Three

by Maria Parloa

Cold Water Cake.

1/2 pint of sugar.

1 gill of cold water.

1 scant gill of butter.

2 small eggs.

3 gills of flour.

1/2 teaspoonful of soda.

1/2 pint of citron, currants, and raisins, in equal parts;

the raisins to be stoned and chopped.

1/2 teaspoonful of cinnamon.

1/2 teaspoonful of grated nutmeg.

Beat the butter to a cream, and gradually beat into it the sugar. Add the yolks of the eggs, and beat well. Dissolve the soda in the water, and add to the mixture. Beat vigorously until the water will not separate from the other ingredients. Now beat in the spice. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, and add them to the mixture. Now add the flour, and finally stir the fruit in lightly. Bake in one deep loaf, or in a thick sheet. If in a loaf, cook for one hour; if in a sheet, about thirty-five minutes.