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      Title: A SEED CAKE (HERITAGE)
 Categories: Heritage, Antique, Cakes
      Yield: 1 servings

           -The Yankee Cook Book, c1939
           A SEED CAKE

        (A Recipe In Rhyme)

  Get a tin, and as soon as you've butter it o'er, To
  assist it in turning our nicely procure Half a
  quartern of dough which your baker will bring When he
  comes round with bread, if he has such a thing, And he
  must be a curious tradesman indeed If he cannot supply
  it at once. To proceed, Set it down by the fire to
  rise for a time, Then obtain half a pound of fresh
  butter - mind, prime And three pounds of powdered loaf
  sugar - the best - With some caraway seeds - say an
  ounce - with the rest, Mix them up in the usual way,
  and the cake May be placed in a moderate oven to bake.

  NOTE:  At prim New England tea-drinkings when the best
  china, line and silver were brought out in honor of
  neighbors who might have driven miles over the drifts
  of snow for a friendly visit, seedcake supplemented
  the pies, doughnuts and cheese, and cold meats to be
  set out for the guests. It was made in various ways.
  In the country - eggs made it light, but in the towns,
  where there were bakeries, yeast was purchased to
  leaven it. To asssist the readers of "Godey's" in
  producing the popular tea-cake, Mrs. Hale formulated
  the above directions in rhyme.

  Source:  The Yankee Cook Book, c1939 Formatted for
  Meal-Master by Deidre-Anne Penrod, March, 1993
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