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Christmas Cake
From Twentieth century home cook book, 1905
Serves 3
Presented as published in 1905. 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 Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Christmas Cake. — Two eggs, one-half cupful of butter, CAKECUTTEE. ^^^ cupful of molasscs, one cupful of raisins, two cupfuls of flour, and various spices. Mix and bake in a rather brisk oven. Taylor Cake. — Two and one-half cupfuls of flour, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one-half cupful of milk, one egg, one-half teaspoon- ful of soda, and with or without fruit. Silver Cake. — Take one half coffee-cupful of butter, one and one-half cupful of sugar, two cupfuls flour, one-half cupful milk, one teaspoonful cream of tartar, one- half teaspoonful soda and the whites of eight eggs. Gold Cake. — Use the same ingredients, and proceed in the same manner, only substituting the yolks of the eggs. " Widow's Cake." — A palatable cake to be eaten as bread or rusks at tea is made with two cupfuls flour, one of meal, teaspoonful soda; one cupful molasses, two eo-gs, salt. Mix with warm milk. Bake in a quick oven. Spice Cake. — One cupful of sugar, one cupful of sour milk, one cupful of raisins, one ego-, a nutmeg, one teaspoonful of cloves, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of soda and three cupfuls of flour. Bake slowly but steadily until done. Another. One cupful butter, one of brown sugar, one and one-half of sour milk, one pint molasses, one tablespoonful saleratus, three eggs, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmegs, citron, currants, raisins. Stir stiff with flour. 44 TWENTIETH CENTURY HOME COOK BOOK. Hickory -Nut Cake.— Take a half cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar ami four eggs beaten separately ; then three cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two cupfuls of hickory-nut meats cut fine, with one teaspoonful extract vanilla. XI. Gingerbread and Other " Homely " Cakes. Ginger Snaps. — One cuj)ful of brown sugar, one cupful of molasses
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