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Jackson Cake

From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884

Serves 5

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Jackson Cake. One pound of pulverized sugar, four cups (half a pint) of flour, one cup of butter, one cup of sour cream, six eggs, one teaspoonful of soda. If you have no sour cream, use two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar

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