Hot Water Cake (No eggs)

Ingredients

• % cup sugar
• % cup lard
• 1 cup molasses
• 2 ^ cups flour
• 2 scant teasp soda
• ^ teasp nutmeg
• ^ teasp cinnamon
• ^ teasp allspice
• ^ teasp cloves
• 1 cup boiling water

Method

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   Cream sugar with lard, add molasses, then mix in flour sifted with spices and add boiling water last.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Hot Water Cake (No eggs) Cream % cup sugar with % cup lard, add 1 cup molasses and 2 ^ cups flour sifted with 2 scant teasp soda and ^ teasp each of nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and cloves. Last of all add 1 cup boiling water. When properly made this cake is as light as a feather. — [I. A. S., Me. Dark Cake (No eggs) Cream ^/^ cup butter and lard mixed, with 1 cup brown sugar, add 1 cup sour milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, and 2 cups flour sifted with 1 teasp cinnamon and ^^ teasp each cloves and nutmeg. Lastly add 1 cup chopped raisins dredged with flour.— [Mrs. L. E. G., N. Y. Buttermilk Cake (No eggs) To 1 cup sugar add 4 tablesp melted butter, 1 cup buttermilk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, 2 cups flour sifted with spices to suit taste. Lastly stir in 1 cup raisins, stoned and cut fine and thoroughly dredged with flour. This cake is also good with the spices omitted. — [Mrs. J. K., N. Y. Chocolate Loaf Cake (No eggs) Boil until it thickens ^^ cup milk with 1 tablesp butter, and % cup chocolate. Remove from fire and when cool add 1 cup sugar, 1 teasp soda dissolved in i/^ cup milk, and flour to thicken to the proper consistency. Use vanilla as flavor. — [Mrs. E. R. S., N. Y. New England Cake (No eggs) Cream ^ cup butter or scant ^^ cup lard, or any other good shortening, with 1 cup light brown sugar, add ^ cup molasses, 1 cup sour milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, 3 cups flour sifted with i/^ teasp each spices to suit taste, y2 cup cleaned currants, and ^ cup raisins, seeded, cut in half, and dredged with flour. Bake in a moderate oven. This will make one large cake, or two small ones. — [Mrs. R. W., Me. Graham Cake (No eggs) Cream 1% cups brown sugar with 2 tablesp butter or shortening, add l*/^ cups sour milk, in which has been dis- solved 1 teasp soda. Mix together 2% cups graham flour, ^ cup white flour, 1 teasp cinnamon, % teasp cloves

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