Original 1900 recipe
Verbatim from the 1900 edition of the Cookbook for School and Home (Erken & Caroline Steen).

Christmas cake from Erken & Steen (1900): 750 g wheat flour, butter and sugar (divided in two portions), cardamom, 80 g yeast, raisins, candied peel, 5 dl milk. The dough rises 20 + 15 min with gradual butter/sugar additions, is shaped into 2–4 cakes with fruit, proofs 15 min, is brushed, and baked ¾ hour.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken & Caroline Steen, Kogebog for skole og hjem, 1900-utg. s. 274 (falt i det fri)
Tradisjonell julekake med rosiner og sukat fra kapitlet «Om brødbagning» (1900). Den todelte smør- og sukkertilsetningen (halvparten i deigen, resten eltet inn etter første heving) gir en luftig, saftig krumme.
Prepare the yeast
Treat the yeast as for the other breads: stir it into a little sugar and lukewarm milk.
Make the dough
Put the flour, half the butter and sugar, and the cardamom together in a bowl. Warm the milk lightly and work it in well until the dough is smooth. Add the yeast.
First rise
Let the dough stand 20 minutes. Then knead in the rest of the butter and sugar, and let it stand a further 15 minutes.
Shape the cakes
Knead the dough on the table, divide into 2–4 parts and knead in raisins and candied peel. Place the cakes on a greased sheet.
Proof and brush
Let the cakes rise 15 minutes and brush them with beaten egg.
Bake
Bake in a good hot oven (approx. 200 °C (390 °F)) for about ¾ hour (45 min).
Priser fjernet. «½ l. melk» omregnet til 5 dl. theske → ts, «sukat» beholdt. Gjærmengde (80 g fersk) beholdt med tørrgjær-ekvivalent. Egg til pensling presisert. Steketemperatur ca. 200 °C (390 °F) lagt til for «god varm ovn».
Original 1900 recipe
Verbatim from the 1900 edition of the Cookbook for School and Home (Erken & Caroline Steen).

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Priser fjernet. «½ l. melk» omregnet til 5 dl. theske → ts, «sukat» beholdt. Gjærmengde (80 g fersk) beholdt med tørrgjær-ekvivalent. Egg til pensling presisert. Steketemperatur ca. 200 °C lagt til for «god varm ovn».
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