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Sweet Potato Cakes

From The housewife's referee, 1898

Serves 1

Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewife's referee (1898) by Harriet Anne de Salis, University of Leeds Library, page 158. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sweet Potato Cakes. — Boil one pound of sweet potatoes ; peel, mash, and press them through a sieve whilst warm, sweeten them to taste, add two tablespoonfuls of butter, one teacupful of milk, the yolks of three eggs, some powdered cinnamon, vanilla, orange flower, and the juice of a lemon

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