Apple Cake No. 2

Ingredients

• i cup butter
• 2 cups preserved apples
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 nutmeg
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 2 well-beaten eggs
• 4 cups flour

Method

1. 1

   After these are well mixed together add the eggs and flour.

2. 2

   To preserve the apples, take 1 quart of chopped apples and stew slowly in 1.5 cups molasses for 4 or 5 hours, or until reduced to 1 pint.

3. 3

   Bake in a moderate oven.

4. 4

   Will keep several weeks.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 283. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

APPLE CAKE No. 2. i cup butter. 2 cups preserved apples. 1 cup brown sugar. 2 teaspoons cinnamon. 1 cup molasses. 1 nutmeg. 1 cup boiling water. 1 teaspoon soda. After these are well mixed together add 2 well= beaten eggs and 4 cups flour

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