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Cocoa-Nut Cake

From Dora's cook book, 1888

Serves 6

Presented as published in 1888. 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 Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COCOA-NUT CAKE. To the well beaten yolks of six eggs, add two cups powdered white sugar, three-fourths cup butter, one cup CAKES, 209 Sa = er sweet milk, three and one-half cups flour, one teaspoonful soda, two teaspoonfuls cream tartar, whites of four egas

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