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Gentlemen's Favorite Picnic Cake

From Granite City cook book, 1900

Recipe from Mrs. W. B. Haymore.

Presented as published in 1900. 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 Granite City cook book (1900) by Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church (Mount Airy, N.C.), page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GENTLEMEN'S FAVORITE PICNIC CAKE, 1-2 cup buttar. 2 nips sugar. 2 tablespoons water. 7 eggs beaten separately. 2 cups flour. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Flavor and a pinch of salt

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