Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1914 — Wedding Cake. [ARTICLE]

Wedding Cake.

One pound of butter and same of sugar, thoroughly mixed together; 1 pound of eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, putting the whites in first, with the butter and sugar, and blend thoroughly. Add 2 pounds of raisins, 3 of currants, teaspoonful each of clove and mace, 1 tablespoonful each of cinnamon and allspice, % cupful molasses, 1 pound of pastry flour, teaspoonful of cream tartar, % teaspoonful soda, dissolve in little water, the yolks of the eggs, and % pound of citron, cut fine, and added last, when in pans. Makes the good-sized loaves. Bake eight hours in a slow oven.