Golden Spice Cake

Ingredients

• yolks of seven eggs
• one whole egg
• one cup butter
• two cups brown sugar
• one cup molasses
• one large coffee cup sour milk
• five cups flour
• one even teaspoon soda
• one teaspoon cloves
• two teaspoons cinnamon
• one teaspoon nutmeg
• two teaspoons ginger

Method

1. 1

   Beat eggs, sugar, and butter, then add other ingredients.

2. 2

   Bake in a deep cake pan with layers of chopped nuts and raisins between layers of batter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Times cook book, no. 2 (1905) by Los Angeles Times, page 79. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

o tea- spoons cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves, half teaspoon mace, one wineglass brandy or wine. Flcur the fruit and line the pan with greased paper. Stsam five hours and afterwards put in a range oven for three-quarters of an hour. Let cool in tins before taking out. NO. 42. GOLD CAKE. Mrs. Ernest Eccle- stone, Riverside, Cal.— Two cups sugar, three- quarters cup butter, half cup milk, three cups flcur, yolks of six eggs, on 3 whole egg, two teaspoons baking powder. Flavor with lemon. NO. 43. GOLDEN SPICE CAKE. Mrs. Er- nest Ecclestone, Riverside, Cal.— Yolks of seven eggs, one whole egg, one cup butter, two cups brown sugar, one cup molasses, one large coffee cup sour milk, five cups flour, one even teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cloves, two tea- spoons cinnamon, one teaspoon nutmeg, two teaspoons ginger

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