Name: Golden Spice Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 7 eggs and one whole egg; 2 cupfuls of brown sugar; 1 cupful of molasses; 1 cupful of butter; 1 large coffeecupful of sour milk; 5 cupfuls of flour; 1 teaspoonful of ground cloves; 2 teaspoonfuls of cinnamon; 2 teaspoonfuls of ginger; 1 nutmeg and a small pinch of cayenne pepper; 1 light batter before putting in the molasses; 2 cupfuls of raisins

Original Recipe

This cake can be made to advantage when you have the yolks of eggs left, after having used the whites in making white cake. Take the yolks of seven eggs and one whole egg, two cupfuls of brown sugar, one cupful of molasses, one cupful of butter, one large coffeecupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda (just even full) and five cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of ground cloves, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls of ginger, one nutmeg and a small pinch of cayenne pepper; beat eggs, sugar and butter to a light batter before putting in the molasses, then add the molasses, flour and milk; beat it well together and bake in a moderate oven; if fruit is used, take two cupfuls of raisins, flour them well and put them in last.

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This cake can be made to advantage when you have the yolks of eggs left, after having used the whites in making white cake.
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Take the yolks of seven eggs and one whole egg, two cupfuls of brown sugar, one cupful of molasses, one cupful of butter, one large coffeecupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda (just even full) and five cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of ground cloves, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls of ginger, one nutmeg and a small pinch of cayenne pepper; beat eggs, sugar and butter to a light batter before putting in the molasses, then add the molasses, flour and milk; beat it well together and bake in a _moderate_ oven; if fruit is used, take two cupfuls of raisins, flour them well and put them in last.

Original Recipe

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