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Wedding Cake

From Dora's cook book, 1888

Serves 20

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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This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 56. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WEDDING CAKE. Five pounds of flour, three pounds butter, five pounds of currants, two pounds loaf sugar, two nutmegs, one ounce of mixed spices, sixteen eggs, one pound of sweet almonds, one half pound candied citron, one-half pound candied orange, one gill of wine, one gill of brandy

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