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Union Cake

From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886

Serves 10

Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 370. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

UNION CAKE. Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, three-fourths cup of sweet milk, three cups flour, whites of six eggs, one-half teaspoonful soda, and one teaspoonful cream of tartar

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