[ Composition Cake ]
Date: Late 18th or early 19th century; exact date unknown.
Publication Format
Manuscript
Type
Food
Ingredients
flour
sugar
butter
eggs
brandy
milk
pearl ash
Places
Nova Scotia
Source:
Militia Regulations Book
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Reference: MG 100 Vol. 1 No. 5 / Microfilm Reel 786
Description
A recipe for a cake made with brandy pasted in the pages of a book of Militia Regulations.
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Transcription
Composition Cake
2 lb flour, 1 lb Sugar
1 lb butter, 6 eggs
1 glass brandy, 1 pint milk
a Teaspoon of pearlash, disolved in
a little milk, & added just before
putting [th]e cake in the oven --
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