Mrs. J. C. Morris's Cake

Ingredients

• four eggs beaten separately
• a table-spoonful of baking-powder
• two pounds of seeded raisins chopped fine
• one-fourth pound of citron
• one nutmeg
• one tea-spoonful of cinnamon
• one tea-spoonful of cloves
• a little ground mace
• Cream the butter
• and sugar together
• add the molasses
• eggs, milk, and flour
• and flour

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the molasses, eggs, milk, and flour.

2. 2

   Beat well together, then stir in the fruit and spices.

3. 3

   Bake for two hours in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Kentucky home cook book (1884) by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South., page 136. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

four eggs beaten separately, a table-spoonful of baking-powder, two pounds of seeded raisins chopped fine, one-fourth pound of citron, one nutmeg, one tea-spoonful of cinnamon, one tea-spoonful of cloves, a little ground mace. Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the molasses, eggs, milk, and flour

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