Geo. Washington Cake

Name: Geo. Washington Cake
Ingredients: one pound of sugar; one pound of flour; half a pound of butter; one cup of milk; four eggs; half a nutmeg; one pound of raisins; one pound of currants; half a pound of citron; three teaspoons of baking powder

From Cooks in clover, 1889

Presented as published in 1889. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Cooks in clover (1889), page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Geo. Washington Cake. — One pound of sugar, one poimd of flour, half a pound of butter, one cup of milk, four eggs, half a nutmeg, one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, half a pound of cit- ron, three teaspoons of baking powder. Mrs. J. H. B. Washington Cake. — One cup of sugar, half a cup of sour milk, two eggs, one teaspoon of saleratus, one and a half cups of flour, and lemon to taste. Alits Katie C. Brinkman. Union Cake.— One pound of sugar, one pound of flour

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