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  • Both barmhearts shall become yeastcake by their brackfest.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • It is only when we are halfway home that we remember the yeastcake.

    By the Christmas Fire Samuel McChord Crothers

  • The thought of that little yeastcake shuts out any disinterested view of the store.

    By the Christmas Fire Samuel McChord Crothers

  • I dissolved a yeastcake in a glass of water; it's very healthy and I'd heard it alleviated dermal irritations.

    Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940

  • If you ask for a Mamie Taylor she gets it confused in her mind with a Sally Lunn and sends out for yeastcake and a cookbook; and while you are waiting she will give you a genuine Yankee drink, such as a brandy and soda -- or she will suggest that you smoke something and take a look at the evening paper.

    Europe Revised 1910

  • To two cups of scalded milk or boiled water, in a mixing-bowl, add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, and, when the liquid becomes lukewarm, one yeastcake dissolved in half a cup of water, boiled and cooled.

    Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes Janet McKenzie Hill 1892

  • Make a sponge with one cup of milk, one yeastcake dissolved in one-fourth a cup of milk, and about one cup and a half of flour; beat thoroughly, cover, and set to rise in a temperature of about 70° Fahr.

    Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes Janet McKenzie Hill 1892

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