Emily Dickinson and Cooking – Emily Dickinson Museum
Emily’s recipe for Coconut Cake. The image above shows the ingredients scratched out in her handwriting:
On the flip side of the recipe, Dickinson then wrote the beginning of a poem, “The Things that never can come back, are... See more
1 cup coconut
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
On the flip side of the recipe, Dickinson then wrote the beginning of a poem, “The Things that never can come back, are... See more
Emily Dickinson’s Handwritten Coconut Cake Recipe Hints at How Baking Figured Into Her Creative Process
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One cup of ground rice (now you might use rice flour)
One cup of powdered sugar
Two eggs
One-half of a cup butter
One spoonful of milk with a very little soda
Flavor to suit.
One cup of ground rice (now you might use rice flour)
One cup of powdered sugar
Two eggs
One-half of a cup butter
One spoonful of milk with a very little soda
Flavor to suit.
Now You Too Can Bake Like Emily Dickinson This Holiday Season
Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886), now recognized as one of the world’s most important poets, was best known to her neighbors as an accomplished baker and a loyal friend who regularly shared her sweet treats with them.
As the story goes, whenever Miss Emily spied the neighborhood children playing in the Dickinson orchards, near the large vegetable... See more
As the story goes, whenever Miss Emily spied the neighborhood children playing in the Dickinson orchards, near the large vegetable... See more