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Scripture Cake

Name: Scripture Cake
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: One cup butter.; Three and one-half cups flour.; Two cups sugar.; Two cups raisins.; Two cups figs.; One cup of water.; One cup almonds.; Six eggs.; Pinch salt.; Large spoonful honey.; Sweet spices to taste.

From The New century cook book, 1899

Serves 8

Recipe attributed to E. A. Stearns.

Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

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This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 96. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Scripture Cake. A mixture of spice and everything nice. One cup butter. — Judges 5, 25. Three and one-half cups flour. — 1 Kings 4, 22. Two cups sugar.— -Jeremiah 6, 20. Two cups raisins. — 1 Samuel 30, 12. Two cups figs. — 1 Samuel 30, 12. 188 New Century Cook Book. One cup of water. — Genesis 6, 17. One cup almonds. — Genesis 43, 11. Six eggs. — Isaiah 10, 14. Pinch salt. — Leviticus 2, 13. Large spoonful honey. — Exodus 16, 3. Sweet spices to taste.

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