New England Cake (No eggs)
From Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant, 1907
Serves 8
This will make one large cake, or two small ones.
Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
New England Cake (No eggs) Cream ^ cup butter or scant ^^ cup lard, or any other good shortening, with 1 cup light brown sugar, add ^ cup molasses, 1 cup sour milk, in which dissolve 1 teasp soda, 3 cups flour sifted with i/^ teasp each spices to suit taste, y2 cup cleaned currants, and ^ cup raisins
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