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Common Seed Cakes

From Consult me, 1902

Serves 24

Adjust baking time based on oven temperature.

Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 448. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

8 lbs. of flour with y, lb. of sugar, % oz. of all- spice, and a little ginger. Melt % lb. of butter with % a pint of milk ; when just warm, add of a pint of yeast, and work up to a good dough. Let it stand before the fire a few minuti*? SEE 357 SHK before It goes to the oven, add seeds or currants, and bake an hour and a half. SEED CAKES, Common. — To 6 Ihs. of flour add x lb. of butter, K a lb. of sugar, and i oz. of caraway seeds, mixed up with milk

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