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A Taste of History 
with Joyce White
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • FOOD HISTORY CONSULTING
  • FAUX FOOD SHOP
  • HISTORIC RECIPES
  • EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
    • PROGRAM TOPICS
    • BOOKING A PROGRAM

HISTORIC CAKE RECIPES

A GOOD CAKE (17TH c.)

A GOOD CAKE (17TH c.)

A GOOD CAKE (17TH c.)

17th century cake

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

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A RICH CAKE

A GOOD CAKE (17TH c.)

A GOOD CAKE (17TH c.)

A Rich Cake by Amelia Simmons

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

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SAVOY CAKE

A GOOD CAKE (17TH c.)

A c.1852 RECIPE FOR BABA

Savoy Cake

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

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A c.1852 RECIPE FOR BABA

A c.1852 RECIPE FOR BABA

A c.1852 RECIPE FOR BABA

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

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ICED BRANDY POUND CAKE

A c.1852 RECIPE FOR BABA

ICED BRANDY POUND CAKE

Iced brandy pound cake

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

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GINGER POUND CAKE

A c.1852 RECIPE FOR BABA

ICED BRANDY POUND CAKE

Ginger Pound Cake

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

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19th c. WATERMELON CAKE

19th c. WATERMELON CAKE

19th c. WATERMELON CAKE

Slice of Watermelon Cake

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

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BLUEBERRY TEA CAKES

19th c. WATERMELON CAKE

19th c. WATERMELON CAKE

Blueberry Tea Cakes

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

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SALERATUS CAKE

19th c. WATERMELON CAKE

LYDIA CHILD'S CUP CAKE

Saleratus Cake

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) 

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LYDIA CHILD'S CUP CAKE

VICTORIA SANDWICH (SPONGE)

LYDIA CHILD'S CUP CAKE

Cup Cakes by Lydia Child

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

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QUEEN CAKES

VICTORIA SANDWICH (SPONGE)

VICTORIA SANDWICH (SPONGE)

Heart-Shaped Queen Cakes

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

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VICTORIA SANDWICH (SPONGE)

VICTORIA SANDWICH (SPONGE)

VICTORIA SANDWICH (SPONGE)

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

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MARTHA WASHINGTON'S GREAT CAKE

Recipe Source: Martha Washington's Granddaughter, Martha Parke Custis 

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MEANING & CULTURAL EXPRESSION: New England Election Day CAKE

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wood sugar paste or pastry moulds (early 19th C.)


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