100 Year Old Cake Recipe For Wedding Cake |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 120 Minutes |
Ready In: 120 Minutes Servings: 50 |
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No directions are given for this cake, just the ingredients. The recipe comes from the book, Centennial Buckeye Cookbook, published in 1876. Ingredients:
50 eggs |
5 pounds sugar |
5 pounds flour |
5 pounds butter |
15 pounds raisins |
3 pounds citron |
10 pounds currants |
1 pint brandy |
1/4 ounce cloves |
1 ounce cinnamon |
4 ounces mace |
4 ounces nutmeg |
Directions:
1. No directions are given for this cake, just the ingredients.
2. The reason for this is that every woman was expected to know how to bake and to follow the instructions passed down from mother to child.
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