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Aunt C's Lemon Jelly Cake

From Household hints, 1881

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Presented as published in 1881. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Household hints (1881) by Emma Whitcomb Babcock, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

unt C '5 Lemon Jelly Cake. — Three cups of flour, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, three eggs, two and a half tea-spoonfuls of baking powder. This will make five layers. For the jelly. Two large lemons, one cup of sugar, one egg, half a cup of water, one tea-spoonful of butter, one ibable-spoonful of flour

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