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Pork Cake

From The century cook book, 1894

Serves 20

Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The century cook book (1894) by Jennie A. Hansey, page 70. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pork Cake. Chop one pound of fat pork very fine, and pour over it a pint of boiling hot water, then stir in three cupfuls of brown sugar, one of molasses, one tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, one of ground cloves, one pound of stoned raisins, eight cups of flour, and two teaspoonfuls of soda

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