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Matchless Cake

Name: Matchless Cake
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: 5 eggs; 8 ozs. of sifted loaf sugar; 8 ozs. of flour, dry and sifted; 6 ozs. of butter, just melted; the rinds of two small lemons; a little cinnamon; candied lemon, or citron; incorporate 1/2 oz. of carbonate of soda

From Consult me, 1902

Serves 3

Keep light by constant whisking.

Presented as published in 1902. 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 Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 318. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MATCHLESS CAKE. — As you whisk right well 5 eggs, very gra- dually add 8 ors. of sifted loaf sugar ; 8 ozs. of flour, dry and sifted ; 6 ozs. of butter, just melted; the rinds' of two small lemons, a little cinnamon, and candied lemon, or citron. Immediately before you mould the cake or cakes, incorporate % oz. of carbonate of soda

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