Gem Fruit Cakes

Ingredients

• Three eggs well beaten
• 1 tblsp. best lard
• 1 tblsp. (level) salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tblsps. best butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup N. O. molasses
• 1/2 tsp. ginger
• 2 tblsps. cinnamon
• 2 tblsps. cocoa
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup citron and lemon peel mixed
• 1/2 cup currants
• 1/2 cup almonds and walnuts of choice, mixed
• 1 tsp. grated nutmeg for flavor
• 5 tsps. Rumford baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix all, adding enough flour to make a nice, thick mixture.

2. 2

   Grease bake pans well with lard and bake in a moderate oven.

3. 3

   Ice with chocolate or white icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Memorial Hall cook book (1919) by Willow Grove Memorial Hall (Willow Grove, Pa.), page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gem Fruit Cakes Three eggs well beaten, 1 tblsp. best lard, 1 tblsp. (level) salt, 1 cup sugar, 3 tblsps. best butter, 1 cup milk, 1 cup N. O. molasses, V2 tsp. ginger, 2 tblsps. cinnamon, 2 tblsps, cocoa, V2 cup raisins, V2 cup citron and lemon peel mixed, % cup currants, V2 cup almonds and walnuts of choice, mixed, 1 tsp. grated nutmeg for flavor. Mix all adding enough flour, containing 5 tsps. Rumford baking powder, to make a nice, thick mixture. Grease bake pans well with lard and bake in a moderate oven. Ice with chocolate or white icing. — Mrs. W. A. Flounders. Ginger Cakes One pt. baking molasses, V2 cup butter, 1 tspn. cinnamon, 1 tspn. ginger, V2 tspn. cloves, 1 egg, 1 tspn. baking soda dissolved in boiling water, V2 cup thick milk, flour to thicken. — Mrs. Addie Erwin. Ginger Cakes Two cups molasses, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter or lard, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1 tablespoon ginger, 1 teaspoon salt. Mix soda in molasses until it foams, beat eggs with sugar. Mix all together with flour enough to roll out. Bake in quick oven. — Mrs. Frank Niblock. St. David's Holy Name Society Willow Grove, Pa. Contractor and Builder Millwork Manufacturer WILLIAM MILLER OFFICE, MT. CARMEL AND TYSON AVES. GLENSIDE Office Phone, Ogontz 985 J Residence Phone, Ogontz 273 W COMPLIMENTS OF WM. F. SEIBERT WILLOW GROVE, PA. 96 J. DYRE MOYER, York Road, Willow Grove All kinds of Lumber, Building Material, Coal and Feed — Bell Phone, 103 Ginger Cakes Pint of N. 0. molasses; one teacupful sugar; one teacup hot wa- ter; eight tablespoons of melted lard; one tablespoon of ginger; one tablespoon soda, flour enough to make stiff. Let stand over night; roll out in morning. — Mrs. H. R. Johnson. Ginger Cakes One pt. baking molasses, xk cup lard, 1 cup sugar, pinch of salt, 1 tblspn, baking soda, 1 tspn. ginger

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