Cinnamon Cake

Ingredients

• one pound fat salt pork
• one pint boiling water
• two cups brown sugar
• one of molasses
• one tablespoonful each cloves
• one tablespoonful each nutmeg
• two of cinnamon
• two pounds raisins
• fourth pound citron
• half glass brandy
• three teaspoons baking powder
• seven cups sifted flour

Method

1. 1

   Pour over one pound fat salt pork, chopped fine and free from lean and rind, one pint boiling water; let stand until nearly cold, add two cups brown sugar, one of molasses, one tablespoonful each cloves and nutmeg, and two of cinnamon, two pounds raisins, fourth pound citron, half glass brandy, three teaspoons baking powder and seven cups sifted flour.

2. 2

   Bake slowly two and a half hours.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Popular cook book (1899) by Seeman Printery, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one pound fat salt pork, chopped fine and free from lean and rind, one pint boiling water; let stand until nearly cold, add two cups brown sugar, one of mo- lasses, one tablespoonful each cloves and nutmeg, and two of cinnamon, two pounds raisins, fourth pound citron, half glass brandy, three teaspoons baking powder and seven cups sifted flour

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