{"id":5829,"slug":"black-cake-christmas-cake","title":"Black cake (Christmas cake)","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["one pound of butter","one pound of sugar","one pound of flour","ten eggs","one-half pint of brandy","three pounds of currants","one pound of citron","two pounds of seeded raisins","one-half pound of orange-peel","one-quarter pound of molasses","one-half ounce of powdered cloves","one-half ounce of ginger","one ounce of allspice","one-half ounce of cinnamon","the rind and juice of two lemons"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","sugar","flour","egg","brandy","currant","citron","raisin","orange peel","molasses","powdered clove","ginger","allspice","cinnamon","rind and juice of lemon"],"steps":["Mix thoroughly and bake."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w100:5","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"ddae89ee083e3acdf1415a1ef4ca6d0aacc5c5da781753ee2053d8c4d31a25c3","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:46:31Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/black-cake-christmas-cake"}