Ginger Cake

Ingredients

• One teacupful (4 fluid ounces) of molasses
• One teacupful (4 fluid ounces) of brown sugar
• One teacupful (4 fluid ounces) of of butter
• Three teacupfuls (4 fluid ounces) of sifted (passed through a sieve) flour
• Three eggs
• One tablespoon of powered ginger
• One teaspoonful of soda

Directions

1. Rub sugar and butter well together in a mixing bowl.
2. Beat eggs well and add them to the bowl.
3. Stir in the molasses, ginger, flour, and the soda, dissolved with water or milk.
4. Bake quickly.

— Alison.

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Alexis Sneed.

Louisiana Anthology

June 6, 2019