Burlington Vermont 1875 March 10th 1875 Custard for Cake 1 spoon starch wet 1 cup boiling water let boil 1 cup sugar little butter – Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 10th 1912 Sugar Biscuit Mrs. J. Bach (could also be Ibach) 1 lb. sugar 1 cup butter and lard mixed 1 cup sour milk 2 eggs […]
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Burlington Vermont 1875 March 9th 1875 Cup Cake 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 5 eggs ½ teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream tarter ½ cup milk & flour alternately spice & put if you like. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 9th 1912 Oat Meal Cakes 1 1/3 cups sugar 2/3 cup shortening 2 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 4th 1875 Jenny Lind Cake 1 large spoon melted butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 spoon soda 2 cream tarter 1 ½ cups flour – Jenny Lind was a real person; an opera singer from Sweden, known as the Swedish Nightingale. P.T. Barnum brought her to America […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 2nd 1875 Parker House Rolls. Take 2 quarts flour make a hole in center, put in butter size of an egg, salt, – tablespoon white sugar; pour over this a pint of cold boiled milk, half cup yeast; stand over night; mold 15 minutes let rise, cut in cakes, when light […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 1st 1912 Sand Tarts Mother ½ quantity 1 lb. sugar 1 cup ½ lb. butter ¼ lb. or ½ cup 3 eggs – keep white of one egg for melting them on top. 2 small eggs Sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on them and a nut before baking. This book […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 13th 1875 Cookies without eggs 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar ½ cup hot water 1 teaspoon soda – spice Remember these recipes assume that you have baking knowledge, and that you would already know that you need to add enough flour to make a dough to roll out. DAILY RECIPES […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 6th 1875 Cup Cake 2 eggs beat in a teacup and filled with some cream 1 cup sugar 1 2/3 cups flour Soda & spice Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 February 6th 1912 Sugar Cookies Mrs. Good 2 cups of brown sugar 2 cups of shortening 2 egg 1 cup of sweet milk […]