The kitchen appears to be one of the rooms where Dickinson felt most comfortable, perhaps most at home, and her letters give frequent testimony to the pleasures of family conversation held there. The many drafts of poems written on kitchen papers tell us also that this was a space of creative ferment for her, and that the writing of poetry mixed in... See more

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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.

Black Cake:

2 pounds Flour—

2 Sugar—

2 Butter—

19 Eggs—

5 pounds Raisins—

1 1⁄2 Currants

1 1⁄2 Citron

1⁄2 pint Brandy

1⁄2 — Molasses—

2 Nutmegs—

5 teaspoons

Cloves—Mace—Cinnamon

2 teaspoons Soda—Article continues after advertisement

Beat Butter and Sugar together—

Add Eggs without beating—and beat the mixture again—

Bake 21⁄2 or three hours, in Cake pans, or 5 to... See more