No. 13. Fig Filling

Original Recipe

Take a pound of figs, chop fine, and put into a stewpan on the stove; pour over them a teacupful of water and add a half cup of sugar. Cook all together until soft and smooth. When cold spread between layers of cake.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound of figs
  • 1 stewpan on the stove
  • 1 teacupful of water and add a half cup of sugar

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Take a pound of figs, chop fine, and put into a stewpan on the stove; pour over them a teacupful of water and add a half cup of sugar.

  2. 2

    Cook all together until soft and smooth.

  3. 3

    When cold spread between layers of cake.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)