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Banana Cake

Name: Banana Cake
Yield: 7 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1% cup butter; 11% cups sugar; 2 eggs, slightly beaten; 1 cup banana, mashed; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda or; 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract; V4 teaspoon salt; 1% cup milk, sweet or sour

From Boston Cooking-School cook book, 1896

Serves 7

For Banana Nut Cake, add 1/2 cup chopped nut meats to mixture.

Presented as published in 1896. 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 Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 275. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BANANA CAKE 1% cup butter 11% cups sugar 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 cup banana, mashed 2 cups flour \ teaspoon baking soda or 1 teaspoon, if sour milk is used 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract V4 teaspoon salt or both” 1% cup milk, sweet or sour

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