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Variety Cake

From Dora's cook book, 1888

Serves 5

Use two of the yolks for the cake if you choose.

Presented as published in 1888. 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 Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 58. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

VARIETY CAKE. Four eggs, one and a-half cups white sugar, one and -a-half cups butter, one cup sweet milk, two and a-half eups flour, one cup raisins, and spice to taste for the dark part

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