Fat Cake (1929)

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FAT CAKE

 DARE has 1948 and 1949 for "fatcake."  It's also called "friedcake" and is "chiefly PaGer area."  This was the earliest citation, surrounded by false hits such as "EAT CAKE."


When Mother Lets Us Cook; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; May 12, 1929; pg. JP2, 1 pgs:
    _FAT CAKES._
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup fat
1 egg well beaten
1/2 cup sour milk
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon each of the following: ground spices, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg.
 Mix as for cake and drop from teaspoon on well oiled pan.
AGNES BALDWIN.
Berwyn, Md.