Composition Cake

Name: Composition Cake
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: One and one-half pounds of flour; one pound of sugar; three-quarters of a pound of butter; one coffee-cup of milk; four eggs; three-quarters of a pound of currants; half a pound of raisins; a little spice and saleratus

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 6

Presented as published in 1883. 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 The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 344. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Composition Cake. — One and one-half pounds of flour, one pound of sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter, one coffee-cup of milk, four eggs, three-quarters of a pound of currants, half a pound of raisins, a little spice and saleratus

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