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Hickory-Nut Cake (Two cups sugar one of milk)

Two cups sugar, one of milk, two-thirds cup butter, three of flour, three eggs, two tea-spoons baking-powder, a cup nut-kernels cut fine. Tried, and not found wanting.—Mrs. Judge West, Bellefontaine.

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Hickory-Nut Cake (Two cups sugar one of milk)

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