Coffee Cake
From The Elm City cook book, 1896
Presented as published in 1896. 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 The Elm City cook book (1896) by N.C.) Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church (New Bern, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
COFFEE CAKE. One half cup butter, two cups sugar, two and half of flour, one-half cup hot coffee, one-fourth cup sweet milk, two teaspoon- fuls baking powder, same of vanilla, two eggs, one square choco- late. Rub butter and sugar to a cream, add beaten eggs and the milk, grate chocolate into the hot coffee, stir well, add flour grad- ually into which yeast powder has been sifted. Bake in a loaf forty minutes. 23 D. F. JARVIS, WZ Ory Goods, Shoes, Parpeting, Ge TARE 63 Pollock St., NEW BERWNE,N. C. For the enjoyment of the result of the expense and effort in the Culinary Department, a good deal depends upon the neat and attractive furnishing of the Dining Room and Table. Be careful to observe the following: Provide for the floor a bright Carpet, Matting or Art Square. For the Windows, Curtains and Shades suggestive of Clean- liness, and for your Table a real Satin Damask Clotb, underlaid with silence cloth, and the Dinner and Tea Napkins to match the Linen. All of them can be obtained, of excellent quality, and at very reason- able prices at D, F. JARVIS’, 63 Pollock street. N. B.--The occasional adding of the material for a Neat Tea Gown for the hostess will be attended with most happy results. “Disguise our bordage as we will, ’Tis Woman ! Woman rules us still.’”.—MooRrg. My friend you may think Moore was mistaken, but he knew what he was talking about as this seems to be the conclusion of all wise heads. Now to the readers of this Cook Book, who will of course be the ladies, we make this plea, whenever your hus- band or son needs: Clothing, Hats or Shoes send them to us. They'll get good goods and their money’s worth. Full line of samples of suits made to order. 16.00 to 25.00. A fit guaran- teed. See us for Neckwear, Underwear, Footwear and Head- wear. 99 Middle Street. HOWARD. THE GASKILL DRUG COMPANY Will furnish you with nothing but the — Purest Drugs at the fairest prices. Prescriptions and Family nan Me Being our specialty we offer inducements that}! no other firm in the city can. sp =We have spared neither pains nor money in this department _// sto make it the most complete in the city. j (No. 108 Middle St. GEO. W. GASKILL, Manager. 24 CUTICURA SOAP 50c. BOX, AT BRADHAN’S. WHORTLEBERRY CAKE. One pound sugar, half pound butter, seven eggs, one quart flour, one teaspoonful Royal powder, one nutmeg, a little mace. After mixing stir in one quart berries, first dusting with flour. NUT CAKE. One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, half cup milk, two cups flour, two eggs, one cup chopped raisins, one of chopped English walnuts, one teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful soda. Beat butter to a cream, add sugar gradually, and when light, the eggs well beaten. ‘Chen the milk, with soda dissolved in it, and flour in which the cream tartar has been mixed. Add raisins and nuts. Bake in a sheet and ice with chocolate icing. MARBLE CHOCOLATE CAKE, One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one and half cups flour, four eggs, one teaspoonful Royal powder, flavor with vanilla. Melt one square Bakers chocolate and stir into one tablespoonful butter. Then alternately put spoonful of the white and dark in the pan. Bake in small dripping pan. COCOANUT CAKE. One cup butter, three of sugar, one of sweet milk, four cups flour, six eggs with whites beaten to a stiff froth, a teaspoonful soda, two of cream tartar, one grated cocoanut. LAYER CAKES. QUEEN OF CAKES. Wuite Part—Take half pound sugar, two tablespoonfuls butter, half pound flour, whites six eggs, two teaspoonfuls Royal powder. One grated cocoanut, half pound citron chopped fine, one pound blanched almonds cut in thin slices, flavor with almond and bake in jelly cake pans. Dark Parr—Half pound sugar, four ounces butter, half pound flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder
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