Imperial Cake
One-half pound flour, one-half pound sugar, one-half pound butter, one and one-half pounds blanched almonds, one pound raisins, one-half pound citron, two tablespoons brandy, five eggs, one nutmeg.
Four hundred recipes from Auburn, New York, 1881 — the oldest cookbook here, and the only one written by a woman for herself.
One-half pound flour, one-half pound sugar, one-half pound butter, one and one-half pounds blanched almonds, one pound raisins, one-half pound citron, two tablespoons brandy, five eggs, one nutmeg.