Soft Ginger-Bread

Ingredients

• two cupfuls of brown sugar
• two cupfuls of molasses
• two cupfuls of butter
• two cupfuls of milk
• six cupfuls of flour
• five eggs
• one small tea-cupful of ground ginger
• one table-spoonful of ground cloves
• one table-spoonful of allspice
• one tea-spoonful of soda

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs without separating them, add the sugar, then the molasses, next the flour, then the milk, soda, and spices.

2. 2

   Melt the butter and put in last.

3. 3

   Grease the pan used for bread, pour in the batter, and bake 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 144. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one table-spoonful of allspice, one grated nutmeg, one tea-spoonful of soda, two tea-spoon- fuls of cream of tartar. HERD CAKE. Take four eggs beaten separately, one cupful of butter and two cupfuls of brown sugar creamed together, one-half cupful of molasses, four cupfuls of flour, one cupful of sour 284 The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. milk, one tea-spoonful of soda, one tea-spoonful of cloves, one tea-spoonful of cinnamon, one tea-spoonful of allspice, one grated nutmeg, one pint of currants or raisins. Sprinkle flour over the fruit to prevent sinking to the bottom of the cake. Mrs. H. Bierbower. SOFT GINGER-BREAD. Take two cupfuls of brown sugar, two cupfuls of molasses, two cupfuls of butter, two cupfuls of milk, six cupfuls of flour, five eggs, one small tea-cupful of ground ginger, one table-spoonful of ground cloves and allspice, one tea-spoonful of soda

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