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Yellow and Brown Cake

From Miss Parloa's kitchen companion, 1887

Serves 3

Icing can be added if desired.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 403. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

yellow and brown cake use half a cupful of butter, one of sugar, half a cupful of milk, one and three- fourths cupfuls of flour, the yolks of four eggs and one whole egg, one teaspoonful of baking-powder, one ounce of chocolate, three additional table-spoonfuls of sugar, one table-spoonful of water, and half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract

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