Lady Cake
From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884
Serves 6
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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As published
This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Lady Cake. One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, whites of eleven eggs, a teaspoonful of soda, two of cream of tartar, nearly half a pint of sweet milk
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