Wisdom from 1909 - I found this article in a historic newspaper "Cake Baking"

dawnnys

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"Suggestions for Housewives":

The cakemaker should remember that cakes without butter, such as sponge cake and lady fingers, require a quick oven with the exception of angels' food and sunshine cake. A cake made with butter calls for a rather moderate oven with the exception of dark spice cakes and fruit cakes, which should bake slowly and a long time, so that they will be permeated with the flavor of the spices and grow dark with long cooking.

 
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