Scripture Cake

Name: Scripture Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup of butter; 2 cups of sugar; 3 1/2 cups of sifted flour; 2 cups of raisins; 2 cups of figs; 1 cup of almonds; 1 cup of water; 6 eggs; a little salt; a large iron spoonful of honey; sweet spices to taste; one teaspoon of cream of tartar; 1/4 teaspoon of soda

From Machias Cook Book, 1899

Presented as published in 1899. 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 Machias Cook Book (1899) by [name missing], page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SCRIPTURE CAKE. 1 cup of butter, Judges, v. 25 ; 2 cups of Sligar, J-remiah, \'i, 20; 3^ cups of sifted fljur, i Kings, iv. 22 ; 2 cups of raisins, i Samuel, xxx. 12 ; 2 cups of figs, i Samuel, xxx. 12 ; 1 up »f • 22 MACHIAS CQOK BOOK. mends, Genesis, Ixiii. 1 1 ; i cup of water, Genesis, xxiv. 20 ; 6 eggs, Isaiah, X. 14 ; a little salt, Leviticus, ii. 13; a large iron spoonful of honey, Exodus, xvi. 31 ; sweet spices to taste, 1 Kings, X. 2 ; one teaspoon of cream of tartar. Matt., xiii. 33 ; j4 teaspoon of soda. Matt , xiii. 33. DELICIOUS CAKE. 2 cups of sugar

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