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Spoxge Ginger Cake

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Ithaca (N.Y.) First Baptist Church. Ladies Union · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Spoxge Ginger Cake

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1 egg; 3 teaspoons of soda; 3 cups of sifted flour ; a little salt; 1 teaspoon of cinnamon; 1 teaspoon of ginger; half teaspoon of cloves. Pour boil- ing water on soda, mix thoroughly and bake in a moderately hot oven.

  2. Mrs. I. A. Brown.

  3. GOLD LOAF. Yolks of 8 eggs ; 1 cup of granulated sugar ; half cup of butter ; half cup of sweet milk; 1% cups of flour; 2 teaspoons of baking powder. Sift, measure and set aside the flour with baking powder added according to rule. Cream butter and sugar thoroughly, beat TOlks to a very stiff frotli and stir through thoroughly, add milk, then flour, and stir very hard. Flavor to taste, put in slow oven at once. Will bake in "25 to -lo minutes.

  4. Jennie Xoutiirup.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

848Calories
28 gProtein
26 gFat
124 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Ithaca (N.Y.) First Baptist Church. Ladies Union. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cinnamon, clove, sugar, butter, milk, egg):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Allspicefits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cinnamon, clove, sugar, butter, milk, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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