Recipe Book Focusing on Cakes and Pies

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[Library Title: Recipe book, mostly cakes and pies: incomplete manuscript]
Manuscript Location
Newberry Library, Special Collections
Holding Library Call No.
OCLC : (OCoLC)on1084745650
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1646
Place of Origin
United States
Date of Composition
1800s, presumed begun by 1865
Description
This Midwest American recipe book is primarily concerned with the baking of cakes and pies, but it also contains recipes for soups, salads, eggs, pickles, and taffy. Some recipes for home remedies are also included. The volume originally comprised 100 pages, but the first 17 pages are now missing.

The volume is part of the library's Midwest Manuscript Collection.