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George Washington's Birthday Cake
Chef Staib of Philadelphia's City Tavern shares Martha Washington's birthday recipe
In honor of the 279th anniversary of George Washington's birth, here's the exact recipe of our First President's birthday cake that Martha would have made, courtesy of City Tavern.
Taken directly from the Martha Washington's Handwritten Cookbook in her own words, this recipe is a throwback to a time when men wore wigs and it took an hour for ladies to get into their dresses. Enjoy.
George Washington's Birthday Cake
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A peck of flowre
10 eggs beaten
2 nutmegg
A quarter of cloves & mace
2 pound & halfe of fresh butter
1 pound of sugar
6 pound of currans. (wash, dry, & pick them very well)
Take halfe a pownd of candyed orring, lemon, citron pill, and mince them small.
Make a possit [candied fruit] with good cream
Halfe a pinte of sac [wine] and Halfe a pint of Ale
Put halfe of your butter into ye posset [curdled milk] & ye other halfe with some good ale barme
Put in ye flowre & break it into small bits
Strow in some rose w. mond, & sack as you mingle & knead up
Add a little ambergreece in ye Jack
Recipe courtesy of Chef Walter Staib, owner/operator of the City Tavern Restaurant in Philadelphia and host of the Emmy Award Winning Show, A Taste of History.