Yorkshire Ginger Cake

Ingredients

• THREE-QUARTERS of a pound of flour
• a quarter of a pound of brown sugar
• a quarter of a pound of butter
• half a pound of golden syrup
• one teaspoonful carbonate of soda
• one of ground ginger
• one of mixed spice
• three whole eggs
• sufficient milk to moisten

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter and treacle together.

2. 2

   Mix flour, sugar, ginger, and spice in a basin.

3. 3

   Add melted butter and treacle, and beaten eggs.

4. 4

   Melt soda in a little milk and add to the mixture.

5. 5

   Beat well and bake in a well-buttered cake mould in a moderate oven for an hour and a half.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A second Dudley book of cookery and other recipes (1914) by Dudley, Georgiana Countess of, page 109. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

YORKSHIRE GINGER CAKE r 1 1HREE-QUARTERS of a pound of flour, a quarter of a pound of brown sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter, half a pound of golden syrup, one teaspoonful carbonate of soda, one of ground ginger, one of mixed spice, three whole eggs and sufficient milk to moisten

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