Apple Spice Cake
From Foods that will win the war, 1918
Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Foods that will win the war (1918) by Charles Houston Goudiss, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
1 teaspoon nutmeg 2 cups water 13 cups fine cornmeal, 2 cups 2 cups raisins rye flour; or, 34 cups 2 tablespoons fat whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoons baking powder, 2 teaspoons cinnamon or, 4 teaspoon soda Cook corn syrup, water, raisins, fat, salt and spices slowly 15 min- utes. When cool, add flour, soda or baking powder, thoroughly blended. Bake in slow oven 1 hour. The longer this cake is kept, the better the texture and flavor. This recipe is sufficient to fill one medium- sized bread pan. SOUR MILK GINGER BREAD 2 tablespoons fat 4 cup sour milk 7 cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda 1 egg 2 cups whole wheat flour 4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger AND HOW TO COOK THEM — 67 Mix soda and molasses. Add other ingredients. Bake in muffin pans 20 minutes or loaf 40 minutes. MAPLE CAKE + cup fat 14 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup corn syrup 4+ teaspoon soda 14 teaspoons mapline 4 cup milk 1 egg 4 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking powder 4 cup coarsely cut nuts Cream fat, syrup and mapline. Add beaten egg. Sift dry ingre- dients and add alternately with milk. Add flavoring and nuts last. Beat well. Bake 20 minutes in layer pan. This quantity makes one layer. COCOANUT SURPRISE 6 slices of bread cut in half 1 tablespoon corn syrup 4 cup of milk 2 tablespoons fresh grated 1 egg yolk cocoanut Tart jelly Mix milk, egg yolk and corn syrup. Dip bread in this mixture and brown in frying pan, with small amount of fat. Spread with currant or other tart jelly, preserve or marmalade. Sprinkle with cocoanut and serve as cakes. SOY BEAN WAFERS 1 cup soy beans, finely chopped 4 teaspoon lemon or vanilla 4 cup butter or shortening 4 cup flour 4 cup sugar 1 egg 4 cup corn syrup 2 teaspoons baking powder Soak beans over night, boil for 1 hour. Drain. Cool and put through food-chopper. Cream butter and sugar, add beans, egg. Sift flour with baking powder and add to first mixture. Drop by teaspoon- fuls on a baking sheet and bake 8 minutes in a hot oven. APPLE SPICE CAKE 4 cup fat 14 cups flour 4 cup sugar 4+ teaspoon soda 1 beaten egg teaspoon allspice 4 cup molasses teaspoon cinnamon 4 cup tart apple sauce teaspoon cloves 4 cup raisins, dates, prunes or teaspoon nutmeg currants (chopped) te A RS 68 FOODS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR Cream fat and sugar. Add egg. Alternate ‘dry ingredients (which have been sifted together) with the liquid. Add fruit last. Beat well. Bake as loaf about 45 minutes, or in muffin pans about 25 minutes. . CRISP GINGER COOKIES 1 cup of molasses 1 tablespoon ginger 2 tablespoons of fat . 4 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon soda and 1 tea- 4 teaspoon cinnamon spoon water (hot) 4 teaspoon salt 1 cup of flour About 8 cups flour Heat molasses and fat until fat is melted. ‘Sift spices with one cup of flour. Dissolve soda in one teaspoon of hot water. Combine all and add enough more flour to make dough stiff enough to roll out. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in moderate oven. SOFT CINNAMON COOKIES 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda 2 tablespoons fat - 3 teaspoon ginger 3 cup boiling water 2 tablespoons cinnamon 1 cup flour % teaspoon salt 4 teaspoon of cloves Mix molasses, fat, and boiling water. Sift dry ingredients. Add the liquid. Add enough more flour (about four cups) to make dough stiff enough to roll out. Cut and bake about 15 minutes in moderately hot oven. WARTIME FRUIT CAKE 1 cup honey or corn syrup 1 teaspoon cloves 1 tablespoon fat # teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup chopped dates, figs, 2 cups flour prunes or raisins 1 teaspoon cinnamon
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