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Soft Ginger Cake

From The art of cookery, 1899

Serves 10

Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The art of cookery (1899) by Emma P. Ewing, page 115. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Soft Ginger Cake. — Quarter of a cup of butter, half a cup of sugar, half a cup of sour milk, one cup of New Orleans molasses, one tablespoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of soda, half a teaspoonful of salt, and three cups of flour

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