English Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 5 cups of flour
• 2 teaspoons soda
• 2 tablespoons ginger
• one cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls royal baking powder
• 1 teaspoonful ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoonful nutmeg
• one half lb
• 3 eggs
• one coffee cup new orleans molasses
• 1 coffee cup of butter
• 1 coffee cup of sour milk
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 teacup of whiskey

Directions

1. MRS. CATHERINE LEAF SMITH, READING, PA. (1800).

2. _Contributed by Mrs. J. J. Frailey Smith, Philadelphia, Pa._

3. One half lb. sugar, ½ lb. butter, 1 lb. flour, ½ lb. currants, 3 eggs. Little nutmeg and water. Mix well and drop from spoon on buttered paper pans. Bake in hot oven.

4. GINGERBREAD.

5. _Contributed by Mrs. Clara Lee Pollard, Montgomery, Ala._

6. One coffee cup New Orleans molasses, 1 coffee cup of butter, 1 coffee cup of sour milk, 2½ cups brown sugar, 5 cups of flour, 4 eggs, 2 teaspoons soda, 2 tablespoons ginger, ½ teacup of whiskey. Figs and raisins cut fine and added, are very nice.

7. MRS. ROOSEVELT’S RECEIPT FOR SPICE CAKE.

8. _Contributed by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt._

9. One cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup milk, 4 eggs, 4 cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls Royal Baking Powder, 1 teaspoonful ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoonful nutmeg.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Sour Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Coffee	not in our table	0
Whiskey	not in our table	0

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