Molasses Layer Cake

Name: Molasses Layer Cake
Ingredients: 2½ cups flour; 1 teaspoon cloves; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved with 1 cup sour milk; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 cup New Orleans molasses

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settlement Cook Book

By Lizzie Black Kander

Published 1903

About

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter
2 eggs

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the flour and spices. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and molasses and the flour and milk alternately. Bake in a moderate oven in two layers. Frost with Boiled Icing. Add one cup of chopped raisins.