Fried Cakes
From Household hints, 1881
Can be made lighter by omitting shortening.
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 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Fried Cakes. — ^If properly made, these need not be looked down upon by people who disapprove of lard. One cup of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one tea-spoonful of soda, two tea-spoonfuls of cream of tartar, two eggs, three table-spoonfuls of lard ; flavor with cinnamon or nutmeg ; a half tea-spoonful of ginger
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