Black Cake

Name: Black Cake
Ingredients: Five eggs; 1 pint flour; 1/2 pound butter; 1/2 pound sugar; 1 pint molasses; 1 teaspoonful of saleratus; 1/2 pint of sour cream; 4 teaspoonfuls of ginger; 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon; 1 teaspoonful of cloves; 1 teaspoonful of allspice; add raisins or currants if you like

From Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors, 1907

Recipe from Mrs. Mary Muse Lewis, The Rocks.

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

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This recipe was extracted from Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors (1907) by Maude A. Bomberger, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BLACK CAKE (The Rocks) Five eggs, 1 pint flour, ^ pound butter, -| pound sugar, \ pint molasses, 1 teaspoonful of saleratus dissolved in \ pint of sour cream; 4 teaspoonfuls of ginger, 1 teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and add raisins or currants if you like

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