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Black Layer Cake

From The Toronto Cook Book, 1915

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1915. 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 Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Black Layer Cake Take bowl and place on table, then put in bowl the yolks of three eggs, two tablespoons brown sugar, blend together thoroughly, add three-quarters cup molasses, sift half a cup of flour, or little more if necessary, a little salt, one teaspoon soda dissolved in a little water; mix thoroughly and add three- quarters of a cup of boiling wate

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