100 Year Old Cake Recipe for Wedding Cake
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 120 minutes to make
- Serves 50
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 shopping list
- 5 pounds sugar shopping list
- 5 pounds flour shopping list
- 5 pounds butter shopping list
- 15 pounds raisins shopping list
- 3 pounds citron shopping list
- 10 pounds currants shopping list
- 1 pint brandy shopping list
- 1/4 ounce cloves shopping list
- 1 ounce cinnamon shopping list
- 4 ounces mace shopping list
- 4 ounces nutmeg shopping list
How to make it
- No directions are given for this cake, just the ingredients.
- 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.
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
This is so interresting...Why don't make a contest to post the direction for this one...?
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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This is wonderful. Your antique recipes always give me a visual of women long ago cooking for their families. Can see a wedding taking place 100 years ago and everyone celebrating and enjoying this cake afterward. Great post as usual!
kimmer
in Dunedin loved it
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hi joy marie
we need recipes like these to remind us of our HISTORY great job you get a "5" for innvation
mumtazcatering
in Gauteng loved it
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