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Nut Cake

From Temperance cook book, 1887

Serves 5

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 Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 100. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NUT CAKE. Two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of butter, three cupfuls of flour, one cupful of cold water, four eggs, three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder, three cupfuls kernels of hickorynuts or white walnuts, carefully picked out, and added last of all

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