Spice Cakes

Ingredients

• Cream ^ c butter
• Yi c sugar
• the beaten yolk of I Qgg
• Yi c molasses
• i c milk
• 2Y2 c flour
• 2 t soda
• i t cream of tartar
• 2 t cinnamon
• Y2 t clove
• Ya- t allspice
• 34 t nutmeg
• i T lemon juice or vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter with sugar, add beaten yolk and cream well.

2. 2

   Add molasses and mix.

3. 3

   Alternate adding milk with flour mixed and sifted with soda, cream of tartar, cinnamon, clove, allspice, and nutmeg.

4. 4

   Blend well, add lemon juice or vinegar, and fold in beaten egg white.

5. 5

   Pour into muffin pans or individual cake pans and bake for 20 minutes in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 133. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Spice Cakes Cream ^ c butter with Yi c sugar, add the beaten yolk of I Qgg and cream well, then add Yi c molasses and mix all together. Add i c milk alternately with 2Y2 c flour mixed and sifted with 2 t soda, i t cream of tartar, 2 t cinnamon, Y2 t clove, Ya- t allspice, 34 t nutmeg. When well blended add i T lemon juice or vinegar

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