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Drop Ginger Cakes

Name: Drop Ginger Cakes
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 1 cupful of brown sugar; I of molasses; 1 of butter; 1 cupful boiling water; 1 egg, well beaten; 2 teaspoonfuls of soda; 2 tablespoonfuls each of ginger; 4 teaspoonful of ground cloves; 5 cupfuls of flour

From The Ideal cook book, 1899

Serves 5

Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The Ideal cook book (1899) by Anne Clarke, page 91. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Drop Ginger Cakes—Ingredients—Put in a bowl 1 cupful of brown sugar, I of molasses, 1 of butter, then pour over them 1 cupful boiling water, stir well; add 1 egg, well beaten, 2 teaspoonfuls of soda, 2 tablespoonfuls each of ginger and cinnamon, 4 teaspoonful of ground cloves, 5 cupfuls of flour

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