Prune Cake

Name: Prune Cake
Ingredients: two-thirds cup butter; one cup sugar; yolks of three eggs; one teaspoon cinnamon; one teaspoon cloves; one teaspoon allspice; one teaspoon nutmeg; one teaspoon baking soda; four tablespoons sour milk; three-fourths cup flour; one cup chopped, cooked prunes; the beaten whites of two eggs; leaving one white for cake icing

From Council cook book, 1908

Presented as published in 1908. 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 Council cook book (1908), page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Prune Cake. Cream two-thirds cup butter with one cup sugar; add yolks of three eggs, one teaspoon each cinnamon^ cloves, allspice, nutmeg, one teaspoon baking soda that has been dissolved in four tablespoons sour milk, three-fourths cup flour, one cup chopped, cooked prunes, the beaten whites of two eggs, leaving one white for cake icing

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