Devonshire Cake
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Cakes
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Desserts
Ingredients: 3/4
c
Butter 2
c
Sugar 4
Eggs, well beaten 1
c
Milk 2
ts
Baking powder 2
tb
Shredded almonds 1
t
Rose water
OR 1 tsp almond flavoring 1/4
c
Candied orange peel
OR 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1/2
ts
Salt 3
c
Cake flour
Directions:
Cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Sift flour,
measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Add alternately with
milk to first mixture. Add flavoring and orange peel or nuts. Pour
into well-oiled loaf pan and sprinkle with shredded almonds. Bake in
moderate oven (375 F) about 40 minutes. Florence Taft Eaton, Concord,
MA.
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