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City Tavern Recreates Martha Washington’s ‘Excellent Cake’

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In honor of Presidents Day, City Tavern’s Walter Staib, the star of the PBS program A Taste of History is serving his recreation of first First Lady Martha Washington’s “excellent cake.” Staib pulled the recipe from the very pages of Washington’s hand-written cookbook, which resides with The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The cake, which is made with period appropriate ingredients like Spanish oranges, rose water, currants and mace, will be available from today through the end of next week.

City Tavern Recreates Martha Washington’s ‘Excellent Cake’