Recipe from Mrs. Richard Schuyler, Ballston Spa, NY for the Schuyler Wedding Cake of 1690. The recipe calls for 12 dozen eggs, 46 pounds of raisins, and 12 teaspoons of pearl ash, mixed in a large oaken tub and baked for 16 hours. The recipe was collected by J. A. DeHollander, a researcher from District No. 1, for the 1941 State Almanac.

Identifier
NYSA_A0551-77_B60_F17_p02

Date Original
November 1941

Contributor
DeHollander, J. A. (Author)

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives. Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.). State Director's publications working files, 1936-1942. A0551-77. Box 60, Folder 17, page 2.

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