Dried Apple Cake

Ingredients

• one cup dried apples
• one cup molasses
• two-thirds cup butter
• one cup cold coffee
• one cup brown sugar
• one egg
• three cups flour
• one teaspoon soda
• one teaspoon cloves
• one teaspoon nutmeg
• one teaspoon cinnamon
• one cup Sultana raisins
• one cup seeded raisins
• citron
• lemon peel

Method

1. 1

   Soak one cup of dried apples overnight, then add one cup of molasses and boil for half an hour.

2. 2

   Let it cool, then add two-thirds cup of butter, one cup of cold coffee, one cup of brown sugar, one egg, three cups of flour, one teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon each of cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon, and one cup each of Sultana and seeded raisins.

3. 3

   Chop the raisins and citron fine, adding the soda last, dissolved in a little warm water.

4. 4

   Bake for one hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Council cook book (1908), page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Dried Apple Cake. One cup dried apples, cut fine and soaked over- night; add one cup molasses and boil one-half hour, then let it cool. Add two-thirds cup butter, one cup cold coffee, one cup brown sugar, one egg, three cups flour, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cloves and nutmeg, one teaspoon cinnamon, one cup Sultana raisins, one cup seeded raisins, citron and lemon peel

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