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Wine Cakes

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883

Take them from the tins when cold.

Presented as published in 1883. 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 housekeeper's companion (1883), page 139. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Wine Cakes, — Mix eight ounces of flour with half a pound of finely powdered sugar, beat four ounces of butter with two tablespoonf uls of wine; then make the flour and sugar into a paste with it, and four eggs

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