{"id":5930,"slug":"wedding-cake-home-made","title":"Wedding cake (home made)","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["One pound of sugar","one and one-half pounds of butter","ten eggs","one and one-half pounds of flour","one and one-half pounds of seedless raisins","one pound of currants","one pound of chopped citron","one-half pound of chopped orange peel","one tablespoonful of mixed spices (cinnamon, cloves, mace, ginger, etc.)","the juice and rind of a lemon","one-half pint of brandy"],"ingredients_norm":["sugar","and half pounds of butter","egg","and half pounds of flour","and half pounds of seedless raisin","currant","citron","orange peel","mixed spice","juice and rind of lemon","brandy"],"steps":["Mix the sugar, butter, eggs, and flour in the same manner as for pound cake.","Add the seedless raisins, currants, chopped citron, chopped orange peel, mixed spices, lemon juice and rind, and brandy.","Put in a mould lined with buttered paper.","Bake in a slow oven for about two hours.","The cake will improve if allowed to set a few days after being baked."],"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:w107:11","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"24d27c87df2adbcbbeb58ad3510cd6cf1b62196958406ca41ee8c86b7a885e89","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:47:44Z","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/wedding-cake-home-made"}