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Show iiME riDimiis m ciKEs. A Pudding TVhloli Feeds 1.300 Moil. A Cuke Hint Weighs 2, SOU lbs. The papers are telling of a big plum pudding made hist week at Richmond, Va., in celebration of the Democratic- victory. It was big enough to feed 1,200 men. Some 100 pounds of fruit and 3G0 eggs were put into it. This reminds re-minds Selectman Blackburn of a huge cake he saw on exhibition at Derby, England, Dec. 25th, 1S90. Besides other things, this cake contained con-tained 300 pounds of butter, - 590 pounds of crushed sugar, 60-1 pounds of flour, 6-1-1 pounds of f r u i t , 3 3 0 pounds of grain sugar and 1,930 fresh eggs. The total weight of the monster cake was 2,800 pounds, or nearly a ton and a half. |