Molasses Fruit Cake

Original Recipe

One teacupful of butter, one teacupful of brown sugar, worked well together; next, two teacupfuls of cooking molasses, one cupful of milk with a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it, one tablespoonful of ginger, one tablespoonful of cinnamon and one teaspoonful of cloves, a little grated nutmeg. Now add four eggs well beaten and five cups of sifted flour, or enough to make a stiff batter. Flour a cup of raisins and one of currants; add last. Bake in a very moderate oven one hour. If well covered will keep six months.

Ingredients

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  • 1 teacupful of butter
  • 1 teacupful of brown sugar
  • 2 teacupfuls of cooking molasses
  • 1 cupful of milk with a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it
  • 1 tablespoonful of ginger
  • 1 tablespoonful of cinnamon and one teaspoonful of cloves
  • 1 little grated nutmeg
  • 4 eggs well beaten and five cups of sifted flour
  • 1 stiff batter
  • 1 cup of raisins and one of currants
  • 1 hour
  • 6 months

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One teacupful of butter, one teacupful of brown sugar, worked well together; next, two teacupfuls of cooking molasses, one cupful of milk with a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it, one tablespoonful of ginger, one tablespoonful of cinnamon and one teaspoonful of cloves, a little grated nutmeg.

  2. 2

    Now add four eggs well beaten and five cups of sifted flour, or enough to make a stiff batter.

  3. 3

    Flour a cup of raisins and one of currants; add last.

  4. 4

    Bake in a very _moderate_ oven one hour.

  5. 5

    If well covered will keep six months.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)