Washington Cake

Name: Washington Cake
Ingredients: Three cups of sugar; two of butter; one of milk; four of flour; five eggs; one teaspoonful soda; two of cream tartar; half a pound currants; a quarter of pound raisins; a handful of citron; a little spice

From Six little cooks, 1910

Fruit cake requires a longer baking time.

Presented as published in 1910. 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 Six little cooks (1910) by Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WASHINGTON CAKE. Three cups of sugar, two of butter, one of milk, four of flour, five eggs, one teaspoonful soda and two of cream tartar. Mix as usual for other cake, then add half a pound currants and a quarter of pound raisins, both thoroughly floured. Some citron, finely sliced (my recipe says a handful,) and a little spice

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