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Plain or Nut Cake (No eggs)

From Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant, 1907

Serves 2

Even when we have plenty of eggs, we always make nut cake this way.

Presented as published in 1907. 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 Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain or Nut Cake (No eggs) Cream ^ cup butter and % cup sugar, add i/^ cup sour milk with scant i/^ teasp soda, and 1% cups flour sifted with Vz teasp cinnamon and i/4 teasp each nutmeg and cloves. By way of variation add either 1 cup seeded and chopped raisins, or 1 cup nut meats cut fine, or b

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.