Soft Ginger Bread

Ingredients

• One cup of butter
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 kitchen spoon ginger
• X tablespoon of mixed spices
• 3^ cups flour
• 1 cup cream
• 1 cup mo- lasses
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Beat yolks light, add creamed butter, sugar, molasses, cream, flour, spices, soda dissolved in warm water.

2. 2

   Stir in whites lightly; bake in a square pan in rather quick oven.

3. 3

   Serve with sauce, flavored either with brandy or wine.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 144. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Soft Ginger Bread. One cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 1 kitchen spoon ginger, X tablespoon of mixed spices, 3^ cups flour, 1 cup cream, 1 cup mo- lasses, 5 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda

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