Ebook - Recipes Tried And True (1894 Cookbook).txt

One cup brown sugar, one cup molasses, one cup boiling coffee,

one-half cup lard, one-half cup butter, one egg, one teasponful soda,

one teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful cloves, one tablespoonful

cinnamon, one tablespoonful allspice, one tablespoonful vanilla, one

tablespoonful lemon, one nutmeg, one cup chopped raisins, four cups

flour.

COFFEE CAKE. MRS. BECKIE SMITH AND MRS. JOSIE C. YAGER.

One cup brown sugar, one cup molasses, one-half cup butter, one cup

strong liquid coffee, one or two eggs, four cups flour, one teaspoon

soda, one tablespoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, one nutmeg, one

pound raisins, one-half pound currants, citron as you like. Mix the

cake part, adding soda last. Dredge the fruit with flour before

putting in. Bake in one large loaf, or two smaller ones.

Use "ELECTRIC LIGHT FLOUR" with these cake recipes.

COFFEE CAKE. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.

One cup butter, two cups brown sugar, one cup liquid coffee, six eggs,

one cup currants, one cup raisins, two teaspoons ground cinnamon, two

teaspoons ground cloves, one teaspoon soda, and three cups flour.

HICKORY NUT CAKE. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.

One cup butter, two cups sugar, five eggs, one cup sweet milk, one

pint hickory nut meats, one pound raisins or currants, one pound

flour, one heaping teaspoon baking powder.

HICKORY NUT CAKE. MRS. W. C. RAPP.

Two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, two

and a half cups of flour, three teaspoons of baking powder, two eggs,

and one pint of nut kernels.

RAISED CAKE. MRS. JENNIE HERSHBERGER, TIFFIN, OHIO.

Three cups bread sponge, three cups sugar, one cup butter, three eggs,

one teaspoonful soda dissolved in a little water, one pound raisins,

one teaspoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice; flour

enough to stiffen.

FRUIT CAKE. MRS. A. A. LUCAS.

One pound of brown sugar, one pound of browned flour, three-quarters

of a pound of butter, one cup of molasses, twelve eggs, two pounds of

stoned raisins, two pounds of currants, one-half pound of citron cut

in strips, one-half pound of figs chopped fine, one-half pound of

almonds chopped fine, two wine glasses of boiled cider, two ounces of

vanilla, one tablespoon of ground cinnamon, one small tablespoon of

ground cloves, one tablespoon of ground mace, one grated nutmeg, a

little pepper, and three teaspoons of baking powder. Bake three

hours.

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