Ginger Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup New Orleans molasses
• 42 cup brown sugar
• 4 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 2% cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2% teaspoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Sift together flour and spices.

2. 2

   Beat together butter, sugar, and molasses.

3. 3

   Dissolve the soda in a cup of boiling water and add.

4. 4

   Stir in the flour and spices and, lastly, add eggs well beaten.

5. 5

   Bake in a moderate oven about 30 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Raleigh cook book (1907) by N.C.). Ladies' Church Improvement Society First Baptist Church (Raleigh, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ginger Cake.—1 cup New Orleans molasses; 42 cup brown sugar; 4 cup butter; 2 eggs; 2% cups flour; 1 teaspoon cloves; 1 teaspoon ginger; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 2% teaspoon soda

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