Herd Cake
From The new Kentucky home cook book, 1884
Serves 6
Presented as published in 1884. 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 new Kentucky home cook book (1884) by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South., page 144. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
HERD CAKE. Take four eggs beaten separately, one cupful of butter and two cupfuls of brown sugar creamed together, one-half cupful of molasses, four cupfuls of flour, one cupful of sour 284 The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. milk, one tea-spoonful of soda, one tea-spoonful of cloves, one tea-spoonful of cinnamon, one tea-spoonful of allspice, one grated nutmeg, one pint of currants or raisins
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