3 eggs.
1 teacup butter.
½ teacup ginger.
1 teacup molasses.
3 teacups sifted flour.
1 large tablespoonful of ginger.
1 small teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in ½ teacup of sour
cream.--_Mrs. McG._
GINGER LOAF.
6 eggs.
4 cupfuls molasses.
2 cupfuls of butter.
6 cupfuls flour.
1 teaspoonful soda.
1 tablespoonful ginger.
Cinnamon to your taste.--_Mrs. P. W._
RISEN GINGERBREAD.
2 pounds flour.
1 pound nice brown sugar.
1 pound butter.
6 eggs.
½ pint molasses.
3 ounces ginger.
Bake in a large cake.--_Mrs. A. T._
LIGHTENED GINGERBREAD.
1½ pound of flour.
½ pound butter.
½ pound sugar.
6 eggs.
6 races of white ginger.
1 teaspoonful soda.
1 pint molasses.
To be baked in tins or a pan.--_Mrs. I. H._
GINGER CUP CAKE.
3 eggs.
1 cupful molasses.
1 cupful sugar.
1 cupful butter (half lard will answer).
½ teaspoonful soda, dissolved in 1 tablespoonful buttermilk.
1 tablespoonful ground ginger.
2½ cupfuls flour.
Mix as other cake. Some like allspice.--_Mrs. H. D._
MOLASSES CAKE.
5 light cupfuls flour.
5 eggs.
2 cupfuls sugar.
2 cupfuls molasses.
1 cupful butter.
1 cupful cream, with one teaspoonful soda.
2 tablespoonfuls cream of tartar.
2 teaspoonfuls ground ginger.
All well beaten together. Bake as pound cake.--_Miss E. T._
_Molasses Cake._
1 teaspoonful soda.
1 pound butter.
1 pound sugar.
1 pint molasses.
1 tablespoonful ginger.
Flour enough to make it as thick as ordinary cake.--_Miss J. C._
MOLASSES POUND CAKE.
½ pound butter.
2 cupfuls sugar.
2 cupfuls molasses.
6 cupfuls flour.
1 cupful cream.
4 eggs.
Some cloves and nutmeg; add lemon to taste.--_Mrs. Dr. S._
BLACK, OR MOLASSES CAKE.
1 quart flour.
5 eggs.
1 pint molasses.
¼ pound butter.
2 tablespoonfuls ginger.
1 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in 1 teacup sour milk.--_Mrs. T. C._
SMALL CAKES.
ALBANY CAKES.
1½ pound flour.
1½ pound brown sugar.
1½ pound butter.
1 tablespoonful lard.
4 tablespoonfuls powdered cinnamon.
1 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in a cup of milk.
Roll on extra flour very thin. Dip the face of each cake in granulated
sugar. Bake slowly in greased pans.--_Mrs. R. R._
SCOTCH CAKES. (_Very nice._)
2 pounds flour.
1½ pound sugar.
1 pound butter.
6 eggs, beaten together.
3 nutmegs.--_Mrs. P. McG._
SWEET CRACKERS.
4 eggs.
4 cupfuls sugar.
½ pound butter.
1 teaspoonful soda.
1 cupful sour cream.
Pounded cinnamon and grated nutmeg for flavoring.
Sufficient flour for a soft dough.
Roll thin and cut it with tin shapes, and bake quickly.--_Mrs. S._
DROP CAKE.
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