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The ladies of 1870s Chicago pooled their recipes and signed every one — corned beef from Mrs. Beaty, lemon pie from Mrs. Saulter.

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Gold Cake

Mrs. Ira Metcalf.

One-half cup butter, two cups sugar, half cup milk, three of flour, three teaspoons Cook's Friend baking powder, and yolks of four eggs.

For the silver cake use the same receipt, only in place of the yolks of eggs use the whites of four eggs.

For marble cake same receipt, using brown sugar one cup, and one cup molasses, and some spices, and drop in dish on the white cake or silver receipt.

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