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Fig Cake

Name: Fig Cake
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: i cup butter; 2 cups sugar; 3^ cups flour; half cup sweet milk; whites of 7 eggs; 2 tea-spoons baking powder; a pound of figs; a tea-cup of water; half a cup of sugar

From Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide, 1882

Serves 6

Presented as published in 1882. 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 Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 113. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FIG CAKE. For the cake take i cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3^ cups flour, half cup sweet milk, whites of 7 eggs, 2 tea-spoons baking powder. Bake in layers. For the filling take a pound of figs, chop fine, and put in a stew-pan on tl'^e stove. Pour over it a tea-cup of water, and add half a cup of sugar

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