Molasses Cake a la Octavious

Ingredients

• One half cup butter
• one half cup brown sugar
• one cup molasses
• one half cup milk
• three eggs
• three and a half cups flour
• one teaspoon cream of tartar
• one teaspoon baking soda dissolved
• juice of a lemon
• two tablespoons brandy
• two teaspoons ginger

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter and sugar to a cream, add yolks, milk, molasses, flour, stir until creamy, add baking soda, cream of tartar, ginger, brandy, lemon juice, last the whites — beaten.

2. 2

   Bake in an iron pan forty minutes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 578. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Molasses Cake a la Octavious One half cup butter, one half cup brown sugar, one cup mo¬ lasses, one half cup milk, three eggs, three and a half cups flour, one teaspoon each of cream of tartar and baking soda dissolved, juice of a lemon, two tablespoons brandy, two teaspoons ginger

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