WASHINGTON CAKE No 2
6 lbs flour
4 lbs sugar
4 lbs butter
1 qt milk
20 eggs
3 oz Calumet Baking Powder
2 lbs currants
2 lbs raisins
1 lb citron
Mace and lemon
Stir butter and sugar to a cream. then add the eggs beaten stiff. then milk and flour mixed with baking powder. Mix all together thoroughly. Now mix in all the fruit. Bake in a steady moderate heat in loaves. Recipe makes 11 two lb cakes .
ORIGINAL RECIPE IS FOUND IN
CAKES AND PASTRIES BY CLEVE CARNEY 1923. CALUMET BAKING POWDER CO Chicago Illinois