Spiced Molasses Cake

Name: Spiced Molasses Cake
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ¾ lb. of flour; ½ pint of molasses; 7 ozs. of butter; 7 ozs. of sugar; ½ a teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, cloves and allspice; ½ a teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, cloves and allspice; 1 grated nutmeg, a pinch of salt.; 1 grated nutmeg, a pinch of salt.; 2 teaspoons of vinegar; 2 eggs; ½ a teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, cloves and allspice; 2 of soda

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

This is one of the favourite cakes in the Southern States.

Ingredients

½ pint of molasses
¾ lb. of flour
7

Americas
United States
Vegetarian
Cake
Spicy

Method

Put the molasses in a saucepan and warm, diluting it with the vinegar. Cream the butter and sugar, add the well beaten eggs, and mix thoroughly. Add the flour and the molasses gradually, beating vigorously, for on this depends the lightness of a cake which is apt to be heavy. Mix in the spices and the soda, dissolved in a