Sponge Ginger Cake

Ingredients

• One cup butter
• one cup sugar
• one cup molasses
• one cup milk
• three cups flour
• four eggs
• one teaspoonful soda
• one large spoonful of ginger

Method

1. 1

   Beat sugar and butter to a cream, then add molasses, ginger, and milk, saving a little of the milk to dissolve the soda.

2. 2

   When well mixed, add flour, then the eggs that have been beaten very light.

3. 3

   Mix all well together and just before putting the mixture into the pan add the soda.

4. 4

   Put into oven and bake one hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Landmarks club cook book (1903) by The Landmarks club, Los Angeles, Calif., page 113. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SrONGE GINGER CAKE. One cup butter, one cup sugar, one cup molasses, one cup milk, three cups flour, four eggs, one teaspoonful soda and one large spoonful of ginger

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