Harrison Cake

Name: Harrison Cake
Ingredients: two cups molasses; half a cup butter and lard; one cup sugar; one teaspoonful cloves; two teaspoonfuls saleratus; one cup sour cream; one cup sour milk; a little more butter; flour to thicken, as gingerbread; raisins

From On habits and manners, 1888

Presented as published in 1888. 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 On habits and manners (1888) by M. F. Armstrong, page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HARRISON CAKE. Two cups molasses, heated, with half a cup butter and lard and one cup sugar ; one teaspoonful cloves ; two teaspoonfuls saleratus ; one cup sour cream, if you have it, if not, one cup sour milk and a little more butter ; flour to thicken, as gingerbread ; raisins

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