Layer Spice Cake

Ingredients

• One cup sugar
• y^ cu]) butter
• y^ cup sweet milk
• 1 cup Dousman's Best Patent flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1 teas])oon cinnamon
• i/o teaspoon ginger
• i/o teaspoon niitnu^g
• 2 teas})Oons baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Bake in a Jewel Range.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 103. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Layer Spice Cake. One cup sugar, y^ cu]) butter, \/._, cup sweet milk, 1 cup Dousman's Best Patent flour, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon molasses, 1 teas])oon cinnamon, i/o teaspoon ginger, i/o teaspoon niitnu^g, 2 teas})Oons baking powder. Bake in a Jewel Eange. Mrs. a. B. Miner. Brown Raisin Cake. Two-thirds cup of sugar, hjrge tablespoon ful of luitter, 1 vgg, % eup of molasses, SUI'LCRIOK COOK liooK 137 V;! flip of sour milk. 1 icasiiooii siu];\. 1 (111) TMisins. salt, spice mul grated n'lui of It'iHOii, Donsiuairs I'xst I'afciit lliuii' lo make slid'. Kako in very slow oven in a .Icwcl l»an<i-o. Mi;<. Sii im.dov. Topcka. Layer Spice Cake. One i-iip hiiUiT. ■' lii Clips hrowii >iiuai-. I cii|) -wccl milk. 1 c\i|i chopped raisins. 1 iiip ciiriMnts, J clip cliop])ed citron. '■'> cii|)s Donsman's IJcst Patent flour, 4 eggs licatcn separately. '■) teaspoons liaking powder. 1 P'aspooii cloxcs. 'I t(^aspoons cinna- mon, '/j teaspoon vanilla. Hake in a Jewel lian,:^(,'. Boii.Ki) FuosTixci. — One and one-hall' cups sugar, .'i taliles|»oons wati-r, whites of o eggs. Boil o ininut(\'^ al'tei' commencing to boil. Mi!S. ChocivKi;. Spice Cake. One and one-half ciip> of sugar. 1 cup hntler. ."> eggs. 1 cup of soui' unlk. 1 tea- s])oon of soda, "i cups I'aisins, 1 teaspoon of cIoncs, .") teaspoons cinnamon. 1 nutmeg, 2 cups of l)ousuuin"s llest I'atent Hour. 1 cup of mils. Make in a .lewel IJange. ^[iss IvriiiKK. Spice Cake. One cu]> sugar. 1 cuji Imlter and lard. I cup sonr uulk. .'! eggs well heaten, % cup Xew Orleans molasses, ^ teaspodii cloxcs. 1 cup cui-rants. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 cuj) I'aisins. stoned. ."5 cups Dousnuin's lU'st i'ati'ut Hour. Uake in a Jewel Range. ^Il!S. F. A. TOXXRSEN. Coffee Cake. One cu]) of dripping or hutter. fi/o i'U})s of hrown sugar. 1 cup of molasses, 2 eu])s of seedless raisins. 1 eggs. I teaspoon i-ach of cinnamon and cloxcs. 1 cup of cold coffee, 1 nutmeg. 1 teaspoon soda dissohed in a little hot watei'. 1 teaspoon baking powder, DousmanV JJest I'atent floui- to make stilf (about ;! cups). Cur- rants or citron may be added. This makes '! loaxcs and should be baked 11^4 hours. Bake in a Jewt^l ]>ange. Mi;>. 'I'iiom \s W.\i/ri:i!s. A Very Nice Dark Cake. Two eggs, 2 cups of brown sugar. 1 cup of sour milk, \-. cup of l)utter, scant 21/2 cups of Dousnian's I'^cho cake Hour. 1 teas])oon soda and allspice, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, i/. teas])oou of (doves, '/l' td' nutmeg, '/l- <'iM' *^f chopped walnuts, i/G cup of raisins. Bake in a Jewel Range. Mrs. II. H.viiWOOD. Moravian Cake. ^lake a s])onge of 1 cu]) of yeast (or 1 cake of compressed yeast), 1 tablespoon sugar, i)inch of salt, about '2 cu]) of Donsman's Best Patent flour and sufficient warm water to dissohc yeast cake: ]ilace wlnu'e warm and let rise. When light, add 1 CU)) sugar, 2 I'g^ji^i well beaten, 1 cup warm milk, -v^ of imp of butter, 1 teaspoon salt and Hour to tiudxc stitf batter to drop from spoon. Beat well, let ri.se all niglit. Jn A. .M. pour in pans, about half full, and let rise almost to top. S|n'inkle with cinnamon, sugar and bits of butter. Hake in moderate oxen in a Ji'wel Range about iSo minutes. Miss ]j]///ak Si'(~)i{r.i;v. Rock Cakes. Three cups llousman's llc-l Patent llnur. Pj cup> sugar, -y^ cup Initti'r, 1 cup seeded raisins. V._. t-up fhiglisb walnuts, fo cup currants. 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons of sweet milk. 1 teaspoon baking powdt i-. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1/. teaspoon nutmeg. Flour and chop the raisins, nuts and currants; nn.\ well and droj) on tins; make cakes the size of small cookies; pick up the top of each with a lui-k to make it rough. Pake in a moderate oven in a Jewel Pauij-e. .Mi;s. \V. J. Orane. 138 SUPERIOR COOK BOOK Honey Cakes. Heat slowly on Ijaek of sio\H' '! qis. of strained lionov or golden drip syru]K add 1 ponjid of grannlat('(l sugar. 1 teaspoon each of eiiiiianion. eloves, niitnieg' and all- spice, 1 II). eho})ped citron, 1 lb. chopped almonds, \'2 glass brandy, V^ teaspoon soda dissolved in hot water; remove from stove and add 3 lbs. of sifted Dousman's Best Patent flour or sufficient to roll. AVhen cool enough to handle, ciit in any desired sha]")e about V4 inch thick, place in pans and let stand over night. Xext A. M. bake in moderate oven in a Jewel liange about '^0 minutes. j\[i8S Lizzri-; Sporley. Cup Spice Cakes. One cup S(nir cream, 1 cup sugar, V- cup molasses, grated rind of orange and lemon. 2\(, cups Dousman's Best Patent flour, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cinna- mon, 1 teaspoon cloves, % teas])oon allsjuce, nutmeg and salt, 1 cup raisins and nuts if yo\i wish. Bake in a Jewel Range. Mart Mullaitghney. Spice Cakes. One cup of raisins (chopped fine), % t-up butter, IV2 cups sugar, % cup of ei(mr milk or sweet, 2 eggs, 2 cups of Dousman's Best Patent flour, 1 teaspoon cinna- mon, cloves and nutmeg, V-) teaspoon soda or 2 teaspoons baking powder. Bake in a Jewel Range. Mrs. C. M. Leonard. Devil's Food. One cup brown sugar, yolks 3 eggs, i/v. cup butter, y^ cup hot water (scant). 3 cups Dousman's Best Patent flour, 2 teaspoonfuls leaking powder, % cup sweet milk.

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