The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

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Chocolate Fruit Cake

1/4 cup breakfast cocoa Yolks 3 eggs 1/2 cup cold water 11/4 cups bread flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 14 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup candied cherries 1/3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces 1½ tablespoons brandy 1/3 cup walnut meats, cut in pieces Whites 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla Cover fruit with brandy and let stand several hours. Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in deep cake pan fifty minutes. Cover with White Mountain Cream, and as soon as frosting is set, spread as thinly as possible with melted chocolate. 1/2 cup butter 2 cups sugar Yolks 4 eggs 1 cup milk 3½ cups flour

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