Burlington Vermont 1875 May 25th 1875 Pork Cake 1 cup salt-pork chopped fine 1 cup milk 1 cup sugar 1 cup boiling water 2 cups raisins Teaspoon soda 5 cups flour 2 eggs spice A.S.N. I covered Pork cakes in January, See this posting for more info on these very interesting cakes. https://kitchenrecipetreasures.com/2021/01/09/january-9th-pork-cake/ Avondale Pennsylvania […]
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Burlington Vermont 1875 May 24th 1875 Cake without eggs 1 cup sugar Butter size of egg 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup sour milk Spice Norcutt Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 24th 1912 Paradize Pudding Mrs. Cadiz ½ cup sugar 2 teaspoons butter 1 cup flour ½ cup nuts 2 teaspoons of B.P. ¼ teaspoon salt 1 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 21st 1875 Boiled Frosting 5 tablespoons milk 1 cup sugar Flavor vanilla Boil 5 minutes Coconut or chocolate stirred in. Mrs. Taylor Dark Cake 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter 1 cup sour milk 1 egg 1 cup chopped raisins 2 ½ cups flour 1 small teaspoon soda, cloves Mrs. J.C.H. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 20th 1875 Ethil’s Cake 1 egg ½ cup sugar ½ cup cream 1 cup flour ½ teaspoon soda Vanilla, pinch of salt Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 20th 1912 Short Cake (Strawberry) ¼ teaspoon of salt 2 tablespoons of butter ¾ cup powdered sugar 2 teaspoons of B.P. 2 cups of flour […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 18th 1875 From the Chocolate Cake yesterday Frosting 1 cup sugar ½ cup milk, boil 5 minutes Beat until cool, spread when cake is cold. Flavor with vanilla. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 18th 1912 Sauce for Rice Mrs. Boyer Club (?) ¼ lb. butter well browned, thicken with 4 x sugar, […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 17th 1875 Chocolate Cake 2 eggs 1 cup sugar ½ cup melted butter ½ cup grated chocolate ½ cup milk 1 ½ flour Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 17th 1912 “Waffles” (Herman Rec) 2 cups flour (bread) 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs (beaten separately) 2 cups milk 4 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 15th 1875 Chocolate Cake 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter ½ cup melted Chocolate ½ cup milk 1 ¼ cup flour ½ teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream tartar Scant measure for butter & chocolate Mrs. E.S.C. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 15th 1912 Peach Cake ½ cup sugar ½ cup milk 1 […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 9th 1912 Fat Cakes 1 qt milk 4 eggs 1 pt melted butter 1 pound sugar, (none if you choose) 1 pint sots (see quote below) or (1 yeast cake) Qt = quart; pt = pint From the Encyclopedia of Kitchen History, page 1065; “For risen dough, some American bakers fermented […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 4th 1875 Orange Cake Beat the whites of 3 and the yolks of 5 eggs separate. Stir to a cream 2 cups of sugar, ½ cup butter add the beaten eggs, & ½ cup cold water, 2 ½ cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and the grated rind of one orange […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 3rd 1912 Short Cake Sister Low 1 qt. flour 1 good tablespoons lard 3 heaping teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon sugar A little salt Mix with water or milk. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books […]