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Layer Jelly Cake

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 10

Almost any soft cake recipe can be used for jelly cake.

Presented as published in 1887. 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 Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 194. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LAYER JELLY CAKE. I Almost any soft cake recipe can be used for jelly cake. The following is excellent : One cup of sugar, half a cup of butter, three eggs, half a cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder, flavoring

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