Shakspere Cake
From Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them, 1890
When icing has begun to harden, mark it in squares and place half a walnut in each square.
Presented as published in 1890. 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 Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them (1890) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
SHAKSPERE CAKE. BY MBS. WM. WINDOM. (Wife of Secretary of the Treasury.) jNE coffeecup of sugar creamed with one-half cup of butter; add three beaten eggs and beat thoroughly ; add two cups of flour, into which one teaspoonful of cream tartar has been mixed, and at the same time, without stirring in the flour, three-fourths cup of milk into which one-half tea- spoon of soda has been dissolved. Mix well. Lastly, add one-half pound English walnuts
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