HISTORIC CAKE RECIPES

Recipe Source: Receipts Medicinal, 17th c. Manuscript of John Evelyn of Surrey, England. edited by Christopher Driver (1997)

Recipe Source: American Cookery by Amelia Simmons (1796), the first cookbook published in America by an American.

Recipe Source: Complete System of Cookery by John Simpson (London, 1806) 

Recipe Source: Frederick Bishop, The Illustrated London Cookery Book (London, 1852)

Recipe Source: The 19th century manuscript receipt (recipe) book of Ann Maria Morris, Baltimore located at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library at the Maryland Historical Society

Recipe Source:Fifty Years in a Maryland Kitchen by Mrs. B.C. Howard, 1881 edition

Recipe Source:Mrs. Owens' Cook Book and Useful Household Hints, Chicago: 1884

Recipe Source: Mrs. F.L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann (Steward of the White House), The Original White House Cook Book, 1887 edition.

Recipe Source: The Sarah D. Griffen, Clyde Griffen, and Margaret Thibault Collection of Goldsborough Family Papers, Maryland State Archives, Baltimore, 1845 (MSA.SC 2085-0-13-1) 

Recipe Source: Lydia Child, The American Frugal Housewife (1832)

Recipe Source: The 19th century manuscript receipt (recipe) book of Ann Maria Morris, Baltimore located at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library at the Maryland Historical Society

A look at the history of this cake that is so very popular in the United Kingdom. Links to recipes also included.