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Poor Man's Cake Without Eggs

From The Cook County cook book, 1912

Serves 8

Presented as published in 1912. 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 Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 376. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POOR MAN'S CAKE WITHOUT EGGS.— Cream together 4 tablespoons melted lard and butter and 1 cup brown sugar; add 1 cup sour milk, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 cups flour, nutmeg and cinnamon to taste

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