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American Southern

Loaf Jell Cake

Name: Loaf Jell Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: American Southern
Ingredients: 1 lb sugar; 0.5 lb butter; 1 lb flour; ten eggs beaten separately; 0.25 cups sour cream (or milk); 1 tsp cream tartar; 1 each nutmeg; 1 each soda (do. is shorthand for 'ditto' or 'same as previous')

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 12. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

20 minPrep Time

35 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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