Hot Water Ginger Cake

Ingredients

• 1 c. molasses
• 1 tsp. soda
• 0.5 c. boiling water
• 1 tsp. ginger
• 2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 4 tbsp. melted butter

Method

1. 1

   Combine all ingredients and pour into a greased pan.

2. 2

   Bake until a toothpick comes out clean.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A laboratory manual of foods and cookery (1916) by Emma B. Matteson, page 93. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i tsp. soda berries i c. flour Hot Water Ginger Cake Ingredients : i c. molasses i tsp. soda \ c. boiling water \\ tsp. ginger 2\ c. flour \ tsp. salt 4 tbsp. melted butter Sweet or Sour Milk Ginger Cake Ingredients : \ c. butter if c. flour \ c. sugar i tsp. ginger \ c. molasses \ tsp. cinnamon i egg \ tsp. soda I c. milk — sour or sweet 224 LABORATORY MANUAL OF FOODS AND COOKERY Ginger Cup Cakes Ingredients : I c. butter i tsp. ginger ^ c. sugar i tsp. cloves 1 c. molasses i c. boiling water 2 eggs 2^ c. flour 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. soda \ tsp. salt Roxbury Cakes Ingredients: \ c. butter i^ c. flour \ c. sugar i tsp. soda or \ c. molasses 2 tsp. baking powder 2 eggs i tsp. cloves \ c. milk - - sour or sweet | tsp. nutmeg \ c. nuts \ c. raisins or dates CAKES WITHOUT BUTTER « General Rules for Mixing. Sift flour and sugar several times before measuring each. Beat yolks until lemon-colored, add sugar gradually and flavoring. Partly fold in stiffly beaten whites. Fold in the flour sifted with the salt. The folding should be carefully done so that the mixture will not become stiff. General Rules for Baking. Use a tube cake pan - - unbuttered. Slow oven - - 40-60 minutes. Oven door should not be opened during first 20 minutes. After baking, invert pan on cake cooler and do not remove cake until cold. Sponge Cakes Yellow Sponge Cake Ingredients : yolks of 6 eggs grated rind \ lemon i c. sugar whites of 6 eggs i tbsp. lemon juice i c. flour 5 tsp. salt CAKE 225 Boiled Sponge Cake Ingredients : i c. sugar \ c. water i c. flour 6 eggs Boil sugar and water to thread stage. Add to 6 whites beaten stiff, and beat until cold. Fold in flour sifted with i tsp. salt and a few grains of cream of tartar. Fold in the well-beaten yolks. Sponge Drops Ingredients : 3 whites eggs \ c. flour 2 yolks eggs \ tsp. salt

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