Dried Apple Cake

Ingredients

• three cupfuls of dried apples
• two cupfuls of black molasses
• four eggs
• one cupful of butter
• one cupful of very brown sugar
• two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon
• two teaspoonfuls of allspice
• one-half teaspoonful of cloves
• two teaspoonfuls of ginger
• one grated nutmeg
• one teaspoonful saleratus (not soda)
• one cupful raisins
• one cupful of currants
• three cupfuls of flour

Method

1. 1

   Soak the dried apples over night, chop them rather coarsely, add the black molasses, and boil half an hour.

2. 2

   Do not use the water the apples were soaked in.

3. 3

   When cold, add the eggs, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, saleratus, raisins, currants, and flour.

4. 4

   Bake in moderate oven; when done, frost.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DRIED APPLE CAKE. Soak three cupfuls of dried apples over night, chop them rath- er coarsely, add two cupfuls of black molasses, and boil half an hour. Do not use the water the apples were soaked in. When cold, add four eggs, one cupful of butter, one cupful of very brown sugar two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls of allspice, one-half teaspoonful of cloves, two teaspoonfuls of gin- ger, one grated nutmeg, one teaspoonful saleratus (not soda), one cupful raisins, one cupful of currants, three cupfuls of flour

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