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Black Phoebe's Cake

From Royal Victoria cook book, 1900

Serves 12

Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Royal Victoria cook book (1900) by Ont.). Woman's Auxiliary Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Black Phcebe’s Cake” sounds like one of the good old-time cakes. Cream ? pound butter with 1 quart flour; break 7 eggs into a bowl, whites and yolks together, and beat very light with a pint of brown sugar; stir the mixed eggs and sugar gradually into the flour and butter ; add 1 pint molasses, 1 teacup of ground ginger, 1 wineglass of French brandy, teaspoon of baking - soda

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