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Date Cakes

From The Toronto Cook Book, 1915

Serves 12

Presented as published in 1915. 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 Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Date Cakes Two cups brown sugar, one cup butter and lard mixed, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon baking soda dissolved in hot water, half pound walnuts, one pound dates, three and a half cups flour, two eggs, a pinch of salt

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