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1900 to 1916 Cake # 11
Japanese Fruit Cake Even though this cake is called the Japanese Fruit Cake, it originated in the south in the early 1900's. America had...
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1900 to 1916 Cake #10
Neighborhood Prune Cake Prunes were originally planted, during colonial times, in California by Spanish Franciscan Monks. In the 1850's,...
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1900 to 1916 Cake #9
Grandma's Mincemeat Cake with Caramel Icing For many families in the early 1900's mincemeat signaled the end of the garden. Nothing was...
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1900 to 1916 Cake #8
Cinnamon Flop Amish families came from Switzerland and Germany as early as 1727 and settled mostly in eastern Pennsylvania. While the...
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1900 to 1916 Cake # 7
Wellesley Fudge Cake The Wellesley Fudge Cake was inspired by fudge that was made by young women at Wellesley College. This cake is deep...
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1900 to 1916 Cake #6
Lazy Daisy Cake The Lazy Daisy cake was written about as early as 1914 in the Chicago Sunday Tribune. A woman named Margaret Hill from...
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1900 to 1916 Cake #5
The Lane Cake The Lane Cake's biggest claim to fame is an honorable mention in the literary classic, To Kill A Mockingbird. The...
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1900 to 1916 Cake #4
Lady Baltimore Cake The Lady Baltimore cake is filled with walnuts, raisins, and sherry soaked figs and topped with boiled sugar icing....
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1900 to 1916 Cake #3
Date Loaf Cake Growers and grocers shared recipes that used dates in hopes that the customers would buy more and expand the popularity of...
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1900 to 1916 Cake #2
Louisiana Syrup Cake In the French speaking area of Louisiana this cake was called, gateau de sirop. This cake was a very easy spice cake...