Apple Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped fresh apples
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3.5 cups flour
• 2 teasp cinnamon
• 1 teasp soda
• 1 well-beaten egg

Method

1. 1

   Boil apples, butter, molasses, and raisins until well cooked.

2. 2

   When cooled, add sugar, buttermilk, flour sifted with spices, and beaten egg.

3. 3

   Mix thoroughly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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