Housekeeping in Old Virginia

Seventeen hundred recipes from the housewives of Old Virginia — Sally Lunn and beaten biscuit, brandy peaches and Brunswick stew — gathered in 1879 by Patrick Henry's granddaughter, with tributes from the First Lady down.

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Leighton Cake

1 pint butter. 1 pint cream. 2 pints sugar. 4 pints flour. 2 teaspoonfuls essence of almonds. The whites of 12 eggs. 2 teaspoonfuls yeast powder, mixed in flour.--Mrs. N.

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