Cake Recipes. Part 6
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This section is from the book "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Also available from Amazon: Original 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
Cake Recipes. Part 6
Golden Spice Cake
1/2 cup butter
Yolks 4 eggs
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup milk
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
Few grains cayenne
Few gratings lemon rind
Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg and yolks of eggs well beaten, molasses, milk, flour, mixed and sifted with spices, cayenne, and lemon rind. Bake in a moderate oven one hour, and cover with White Mountain Cream (see p. 528).
Walnut Mocha Cake
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup coffee infusion
1 3/4 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Whites 3 eggs
3/4 cup walnut meats, broken in pieces
Follow directions for mixing butter cake mixtures. Cover with Confectioners' Frosting, using cream, and flavoring with
Birthday Cake
1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
Yolks 2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
2 1/4 cups flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons Sherry 1/2 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces 1/2 cup walnut meats, cut in pieces 1/3 cup currants 2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely cut
Whites 2 eggs
Follow directions for making butter-cake mixtures. Bake in a buttered and floured angel cake pan in a slow oven one and one-quarter hours. Cover with Ornamental Frosting (see p. 532).
Rich Coffee Cake
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar 4 eggs
2 tablespoons molasses 1 cup cold boiled coffee 3 3/4 cups flour 6 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/2 teaspoon mace
1/2 teaspoon allspice
3/4 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces 3/4 cup currants 1/4 cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips
2 tablespoons brandy
Follow directions for making butter-cake mixtures. Bake in deep cake pans.
Nut Spice Cake
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
Yolks 4 eggs
1 cup sour milk
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/4 nutmeg, grated
1 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces 1/2 cup currants 1/2 cup English walnut meats, cut in pieces 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Mix ingredients in the order given. This recipe makes two loaves.
Dark Fruit Cake
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces 3/4 cup currants 1/2 cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips 1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon mace
1/4 teaspoon clove
1/2, teaspoon lemon extract
Follow directions for mixing butter cake mixtures. Bake in deep cake pans one and one-quarter hours.
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