Dried Apple Cake

Ingredients

• a cup and a half of evaporated apples
• half a cup of molasses
• half a cup of butter
• one cup of sugar
• two-thirds of a cup of sour milk
• two well-beaten eggs
• a teaspoon of cloves
• a teaspoon of nutmeg
• a teaspoon of cinnamon
• three cups of flour
• a cup of seeded raisins
• two-thirds of a cup of currants
• some thin slices of shredded citron

Method

1. 1

   Soak apples overnight, stew in molasses, and cool.

2. 2

   Cream butter and sugar, add milk, apples, eggs, spices, and flour with soda.

3. 3

   Layer batter and fruit in a cake tin and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 166. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DRIED APPLE CAKE Put to soak overnight a cup and a half of evaporated apples. Stew them soft in half a cup of molasses the next day, and set away to cool. Stir together half a cup of butter and one cup of sugar. Add two-thirds of a cup of sour milk, the stewed apples, two well-beaten eggs, a teaspoon each of cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon, and three cups of flour into which you have sifted a teaspoon of finely pulverized soda. Stir hard. Have at hand a cup of seeded raisins, two-thirds of a cup of currants, and some thin slices of shredded citron

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