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Grape Fruit Cake

From Some simple Sunday suppers, 1895
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This recipe was extracted from Some simple Sunday suppers (1895) by Suzan Sweeney Snapp, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Grape Fruit Cake Lobster a la Newberg — See " Chafing Dish," No. 1. Celery Salad — See "Salads," No. 6. dfattipt StUtf Can ^e obtained through the summer and fall. It is most delicious, though used by comparatively few. Cut the fruit in halves, and with sharp scissors remove the hard pulp and seeds. This leaves quite a hole in the center of each half. Fill this with sugar, and rum or sherry. Set on ice for two hours before serving. (ttuf (C&ftc. Whites of four eggs, one-half cup butter, one and one-half cups sugar, three- quarters of a cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, one large cup of nuts chopped fine, one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat sugar and butter to a cream, then add the whites of eggs (well beaten), then the milk, stir all well and add the flour, in which the baking powder has been sifted. Flavor to taste
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