Nellie’s Ginger Cake

Ingredients

• £ lb. flour
• £ lb. brown sugar
• | lb. butter
• | lb. treacle or syrup
• 1 dessert-sp. ground ginger
• 2 eggs
• 3 or 4 oz. preserved ginger
• 2 oz. shelled walnuts
• 1 tea-sp. carbonate of soda
• 2 table-sps. warm milk

Method

1. 1

   Warm butter, sugar, and treacle in a basin.

2. 2

   Beat together, then add beaten eggs and flour.

3. 3

   Mix well, then add soda dissolved in warm milk, preserved ginger, and walnuts.

4. 4

   Pour into greased tin and bake until risen and firm.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 933. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Nellie’s Ginger Cake £ lb. flour. £ lb. brown sugar. | lb. butter. | lb. treacle or syrup. 1 dessert-sp. ground ginger. 2 eggs. 3 or 4 oz. preserved ginger. 2 oz. shelled walnuts. 1 tea-sp. carbonate of soda. 2 table-sps. warm milk

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