Name: Rochester Jelly Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 2 heaping cups flour with one teaspoonful cream of tartar; 1 small shallow tin; 1 teaspoonful molasses; 1 little nutmeg and one tablespoonful flour

Original Recipe

One and one-half cups sugar, two eggs, one-half cup butter, three-fourths cup milk, two heaping cups flour with one teaspoonful cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in the milk. Put half the above mixture in a small shallow tin, and to the remainder add one teaspoonful molasses, one-half cup raisins (chopped) or currants, one-half teaspoonful cinnamon, cloves, allspice, a little nutmeg and one tablespoonful flour. Bake this in same kind of tins. Put the sheets of cake together, while warm, with jelly between.

2 eggs
2 heaping cups flour with one teaspoonful cream of tartar
1 small shallow tin
1 teaspoonful molasses
1 little nutmeg and one tablespoonful flour

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One and one-half cups sugar, two eggs, one-half cup butter, three-fourths cup milk, two heaping cups flour with one teaspoonful cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in the milk.
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Put half the above mixture in a small shallow tin, and to the remainder add one teaspoonful molasses, one-half cup raisins (chopped) or currants, one-half teaspoonful cinnamon, cloves, allspice, a little nutmeg and one tablespoonful flour.
3

Bake this in same kind of tins.
4

Put the sheets of cake together, while warm, with jelly between.

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