Neapolitan Cake

Ingredients

• one cup butter
• two cups brown sugar
• one cup molasses
• one cup strong coffee
• four and a half cups sifted flour
• four eggs
• two teaspoonfuls of soda
• two of cinnamon
• two of cloves
• one of mace
• one pound raisins
• one of currants
• a quarter of a pound of citron
• one cup butter
• four cups white sugar
• two cups sweet milk
• two cups corn starch
• four and a half cups of sifted flour
• whites of eight eggs
• two tablespoonfuls of baking powder
• one-half teaspoonful extract of bitter almonds

Method

1. 1

   Bake the cakes in round jelly pans with straight edges; the loaves should be one and a half inches in thickness after baking.

2. 2

   When the cake is cold, each black loaf should be spread with a thick coating of lemon and sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 370. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NEAPOLITAN CAKE. Black : Take one cup butter, two cups brown sugar, one cup molasses, one cup strong coffee, four and a half cups sifted flour, four eggs, two teaspoonfuls of soda, two of cinnamon, two of cloves, one of mace, one pound raisins, one of currants, and a quarter of a pound of citron. White : One cup butter, four cups white sugar, two cups sweet milk, two cups corn starch mixed with four and a half cups of sifted flour, whites of eight eggs, two tablespoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful extract of bitter almonds

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