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Composition Cake

From The English-Chinese cookery book, 1890
Presented as published in 1890. 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 English-Chinese cookery book (1890) by J. Dyer Ball, J. Dyer Ball, J. Dyer (James Dyer) 1890- Ball, page 55. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COMPOSITION CAKE. HALF a cup of butter, one and half of sugar, one half cup of milk, two and a half of flour, three eggs, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one half teaspoonful of soda, spice and fruit to taste

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