Twentieth Century Cook Book

A Minneapolis compilation of old, new and well-tried recipes, 1901 - from amber bouillon to cooking for the sick.

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Fig Cake

Beat one cupful sugar and one-half cupful butter to a cream, add to this a small cupful of milk, beat again, two cupfuls of flour, two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, vanilla, whites of three eggs, beaten. Bake in two layers. Filling-One-half pound of figs chopped fine, boil in a very little water, one cupful of light brown sugar, three tablespoonfuls of water, a little pat of butter, boil until it will hair from a spoon. Stir figs into this mixture, beat until cool.

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