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Fig Cake

From The Cook County cook book, 1912

Serves 8

Submitted by Mrs. D. A. Dawson, Hollywood, 111.

Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 373. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FIG CAKE. — Rub together Yz cup sugar and Yz cup shorten- ing; add Yi cup sour milk, ^ teaspoon soda, a little salt, ^ cup oatmeal, mixed in flour

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