Poor Man's Cake
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 3
Do not use any flour.
Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 359. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
POOR MAN'S CAKE. Take three cups bread sponge ; when light, two cups sugar, one cup butter, two eggs ; stir up well ; put in spice to taste, and fruit if pre- ferr
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