Minnehaha Layer Cake
From The Times cook book, no. 2, 1905
Serves 4
Presented as published in 1905. 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 The Times cook book, no. 2 (1905) by Los Angeles Times, page 91. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
MINNEHAHA LAYER CAKE. Mrs. T. S. Home, 434 Towne avenue— One cup ot sugar, one-half cup butter, two eggs, one- half cup sweet milk, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon vanilla, one-half teaspoon lemon essence. Filling: One cup sugar and one tablespoonfui corn starch mixed thoroughly. Pour over this one cup boiling water. JBoil to desired con- sistency, then add one-half cup raisins, seed- ed and chopped fine, and one-half cup chopped English walnut meats
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