Minerva Cake
From Dora's cook book, 1888
Serves 5
Presented as published in 1888. 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 Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
MINERVA CAKE, = One and a-half cups granulated sugar, half cup butter stirred to a cream, whites of six eggs, or three whole eggs, two teaspoons cream tartar stirred in two heaping cups sifted flour, one teaspoon soda in half cup sweet milk ; bake in three layers. For filling, one small cup sugar and a little water boiled together until it is brittle when dropped in cold water, remove from the stove and stir quickly into the well-beaten white of an egg; add one cup chopped hickory nut meats
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