New York State Recipe Book, ca. 1850-1900

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[Library Title: Recipe Book (New York)]
Manuscript Location
Cornell University, Kroch Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Holding Library Call No.
Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 624 tiny
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1260
Place of Origin
United States ➔ New York
Date of Composition
ca. 1850-1900
Description
This book of 24 leaves focuses on recipes for desserts and cakes, including lemon pie, doughnuts, tea cakes, sponge cake, buttermilk cake, strawberry shortcake, and Washington cake. The book is written in a notebook with a black cloth binding that includes loose pages stamped "New York" in gilt as well as printed pages listing population figures for various cities in New York State as of 1830.