Molasses Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. cloves

Method

1. 1

   Mix molasses and hot water, then add sugar and shortening.

2. 2

   Beat in eggs, then mix in dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Bake as a layer cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A laboratory manual of foods and cookery (1916) by Emma B. Matteson, page 91. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tsp. cinnamon 2 eggs | tsp. salt 220 LABORATORY MANUAL OF FOODS AND COOKERY Chocolate Cake I Ingredients : 3 oz. chocolate ^ c. sugar \ c. milk Boil until thickens to a paste and cool. Add to : \ c. butter 2 c. flour 1 c. sugar i tsp. baking soda 2 eggs \ tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla | c. milk Chocolate Cake II Ingredients : 2 oz. chocolate i 4 tbsp. butter \ Boil until it thickens to a paste and cool \ c. boiling water J Add i c. sugar i c. flour i egg f tsp. soda \ c. sour milk Lady Baltimore Cake Ingredients : 1 c. butter 3^ c. flour 2 c. sugar 2 tsp. baking powder i c. milk whites 6 eggs Lady Baltimore Cake Filling 3 c. sugar i c. water Boil to thread stage and pour on stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs. When begins to thicken add i c. chopped raisins, pecans, and figs. Pound Cake Ingredients : i Ib. butter i Ib. flour i Ib. sugar \ tsp. mace 10 eggs 2 tbsp. brandy CAKE 221 Gold Cake Ingredients : 8 yolks of eggs 2\ c. flour f c. butter i tsp. cream of tartar 1 1 c. sugar \ tsp. soda | c. milk i tbsp. vanilla Method : Mix soda and flour and sift 3 times. Cream butter and sugar, beat yolks until very light, add cream of tartar, then add this to the butter and sugar. Mix well and add milk, flour, and flavoring. This recipe is particularly good for small cakes. Date Loaf Cake Ingredients : i Ib. dates (after stoning) i c. flour i Ib. pecans - - shelled 4 eggs i c. sugar i^ tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. brandy or \ tsp. salt i tsp. vanilla Method : Wash and stone dates. Wash pecans and add to date pulp. Chop slightly. Beat yolks of eggs until foamy and mix with the sugar through the date and nut mixture. Add flavoring and the sifted dry ingredients and fold in the beaten whites. Bake as a loaf 50 minutes in a moderate oven. Orange Loaf Cake Ingredients : 2 c. sugar 4 eggs | c. butter 2\ c. flour \ c. orange juice 3 tsp-. baking powder grated rind of i orange \ tsp. salt Method : Cream the butter, add the sugar and yolks of the eggs. Add to this the grated rind of i orange. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the liquid to the first mixture. Line a deep pan with paraffin paper and allow the cake to bake in moderate oven 35-40 minutes. 222 LABORATORY MANUAL OF FOODS AND COOKERY Coffee Cake Ingredients : 1 c. butter i tsp. cinnamon 2 c. sugar I tsp. cloves 4 eggs I tsp. mace 2 tbsp. molasses \ tsp. allspice i c. cold boiled coffee f c. raisins 3! c. flour f c. currants 5 tsp. baking powder \ c. citron 2 tbsp. brandy Apple Sauce Cake Ingredients : i c. butter 3 c. flour i c. sugar i tsp. soda i egg \ tsp. allspice, cinnamon, i c. molasses and clove i c. apple sauce (unsweetened) \ grated nutmeg \ c. raisins and currants Fruit Cake Ingredients : i Ib. butter 12 eggs i Ib. brown sugar \ Ib. almonds i Ib. flour 2 tsp. nutmeg 3 Ib. raisins 2 tsp. cloves 3 Ib. currants 2 tsp. cinnamon i Ib. mixed fruit peel 3 tbsp. vanilla juice of 2 lemons Molasses Layer Cake Ingredients : i c. molasses i c. hot water | c. sugar 2 eggs 1 c. shortening 2^ c. flour 2 tsp. soda. i tsp. cinnamon i tsp. cloves

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