Molasses Cake with Spices

Ingredients

• 6oz. of butter
• 6oz. of moist sugar
• 1 breakfast-cupful of Molasses
• two eggs
• 1 breakfast-cupful of milk
• 1 teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon
• 1 teaspoonful of ginger
• 1 Jib. of flour

Method

1. 1

   Warm the butter, mix with sugar and molasses, beat together, then add eggs and milk.

2. 2

   Mix spices with flour, stir in the beaten mixture until smooth.

3. 3

   Butter a cake-tin, pour in the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven.

4. 4

   This cake is better if left for a day before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 544. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

6oz. of butter into a large basin, stand it near the fire until warmed, then mix with it 6oz. of moist sugar and 1 breakfast-cupful of Molasses ; beat them together for a few minutes with a wooden spoon, and add two eggs and 1 breakfast-cupful of milk. Mix 1 teaspoon- ful each of powdered cinnamon and ginger with 1 Jib. of flour

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