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Feather Cake

From Household hints, 1881
Presented as published in 1881. 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 Household hints (1881) by Emma Whitcomb Babcock, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Feather Cake, — One cup and a half of sugar, half a cup of butter, two thirds of a cup of sweet milk, two eggs, two and a half cups of flour, two and a half tea-spoonfuls of baking powder

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