Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• Two cups of sugar
• one cup of butter
• one cup of molasses
• one cup of strong coffee
• four eggs
• one teaspoon of soda
• two teaspoons of cream-tartar
• two teaspoons of cinnamon
• two teaspoons of cloves
• one grated nutmeg
• one pound of raisins
• one pound of currants
• four cups of flour

Method

1. 1

   Bake in a moderate oven.

2. 2

   Half of the quantity will make one nice sized cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooks in clover (1889), page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one cup of butter; two cups of sugar; three cups of flour; four eggs, the whites and yelks beaten separately ; two even tea- spoons of baking powder. Flavor to taste. Miss H. E. Latham. Orange Cake. — Two cups of sugar, the yelks of five eggs, half a cup of water, the rind and juice of one orange, two large cups of flour, with two tea- spoons of baking powder ; add the whites of three eggs well beaten. Icing: — The whites of two eggs, two tablespoons of pulverized sugar, and the rind of half an orange. Mrs. G. F. E. COOKS IN CLOVER. Currant Cake. — Two cups of flour, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, the whites of three eggs and yelks of four, and half a pound of currants. Miss E. B. O. Whortleberry Cake. — One quart of flour, one quart of berries, one and a half cups of sugar, two teaspoons of baking powder, water enough to make a batter about as stiff as pound cake, salt to taste. Bake in a hot oven. Miss S. M. Gill. Dried Apple Cake. — Three cups of dried apples, soaked over night in cold water and chopped in the morning ; three cups of molasses, stewed with the apples. Let this cool, then add one cup of melted butter, three eggs, one teaspoon of soda, two tea- spoons of cinnamon, one and a half teaspoons of cloves, three cups of flour, and one pound of chopped raisins. Bake in a moderately hot oven. Mrs. F. M. Bread Cake. — Two cups of soft sponge, two eggs, ' one cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, three cups \ of flour, four teaspoons of Royal baking powder, ; two teaspoons of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of cloves, J half a nutmeg, and two cups of seeded raisins. Put \ the sponge in last. This will make two loaves. Mrs. H. R. Wells. Coffee Cake. — Two cups of sugar, one cup of but- ter, one cup of molasses, one cup of strong coffee, four eggs, one teaspoon of soda and two of cream- tartar, two teaspoons of cinnamon, two teaspoons of cloves, one grated nutmeg, one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, and four cups of flour

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