Coffee Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup each melted butter
• molasses
• sugar
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 teasp. ginger
• 1/2 teasp. each cinnamon
• 1/2 teasp. each cloves
• 1/2 teasp. each nutmeg
• 1 teasp. soda
• 1/2 cup of very strong coffee
• 2 cups of flour

Method

1. 1

   Mix 1/2 cup each melted butter, molasses, and sugar, add 1 beaten egg, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1/2 teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, and 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in 1/2 cup of very strong coffee.

2. 2

   Beat and add 2 cups of flour.

3. 3

   Bake in one of the square, shallow tin boxes which are sold filled with crackers or wafers.

4. 4

   Peel off the outside paper, grease the inside and dust lightly with flour.

5. 5

   Bake and cover with thick boiled frosting.

6. 6

   When cold put on the cover.

7. 7

   Or bake cake in a shallow pan and stick wooden toothpicks through the frosting into the cake and cover with waxed paper.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from One hundred picnic suggestions (1915) by Linda Hull Larned, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coffee Gingerbread Mix 1/2 cup each melted butter, molasses, and sugar, add 1 beaten egg, 1 teasp. ginger, y± teasp. each cinna- mon, cloves, and nutmeg, and 1 teasp. soda dissolved in ^ cup of very strong coffee. Beat and add 2 cups of flour

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