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A Plain but Excellent Cake

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 7

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 345. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A Plain but Excellent Cake. — Three cups of granulated sugar, one and a half cups of butter, two cups of cold water, three eggs, seven cups of sifted flour, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla or nutmeg, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and a small quantity of salt

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