Dandy Ohio Cake

Ingredients

• Two cupfuls of sugar
• not quite two-thirds of a cupful of butter
• three cupfuls of flour
• one cupful of sweet milk
• three eggs
• three teaspoonfuls of baking-powder
• three tablespoonfuls of molasses
• one-fourth of a teaspoonful of cloves
• one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon
• one cupful of raisins, seeded and chopped

Method

1. 1

   Mix the ingredients together, reserving half a cup of flour to stir the baking powder into.

2. 2

   Put two-thirds of the mixture in two tins; to the remaining one-third, add molasses, cloves, cinnamon, and raisins.

3. 3

   Bake in a third tin.

4. 4

   Layer the three cakes with frosting in between and on top.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 170. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DANDY OHIO CAKE. Two cupfuls of sugar, not quite two-thirds of a cupful of butter, three cupfuls of flour, one cupful of sweet milk, three eggs and three teaspoon- fuls of baking-powder; when mixed put two-thirds of the m'.xture in two tins; to the remaining one-third add three tablespoonfuls of molasses, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of cloves, one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon and one cupful of raisins, seeded and chopped

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