Set to rise over night in winter; in warm weather, three hours
is usually enough for it to rise. A loaf, the size of common flour
bread, should bake three quarters of an hour.
SPONGE CAKE.
The nicest way to make sponge cake, or diet-bread, is the weight
of six eggs in sugar, the weight of four eggs in flour, a little
rose-water. The whites and yolks should be beaten thoroughly and
separately. The eggs and sugar should be well beaten together; but
after the flour is sprinkled, it should not be stirred a moment longer
than is necessary to mix it well; it should be poured into the pan,
and got into the oven with all possible expedition. Twenty minutes is
about long enough to bake. Not to be put in till some other articles
have taken off the first few minutes of furious heat.
WEDDING CAKE.
Good common wedding cake may be made thus: Four pounds of flour, three
pounds of butter, three pounds of sugar, four pounds of currants,
two pounds of raisins, twenty-four eggs, half a pint of brandy, or
lemon-brandy, one ounce of mace, and three nutmegs. A little molasses
makes it dark colored, which is desirable.
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