The 'Sure to Rise' Cookery Book

Date Cake

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Date Cake.

  • ½ lb. butter
  • ½ lb. sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • ½ lb. dates
  • 1½ breakfastcups flour
  • 1 teaspoonful Edmonds' Baking Powder

Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add eggs 2 at a time; beat well, add flour, powder, and fruit. Bake about 1½ hours.

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Title: The ‘Sure to Rise’ Cookery Book

Publication details: T. J. Edmonds, 1914, Christchurch

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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