Holiday Cake

Ingredients

• Three pounds of flour
• Six ounces of butter
• One ounce of the best powdered ginger
• Half ounce of sweet pepper
• Two pounds of treacle
• One fourth pound of sugar
• Large teaspoonful of soda

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients into boiling water.
2. Boil until butter and treacle both melted.
3. Bake in slow over for 2 1/2 hours.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Lindsay Fortenberry
Louisiana Anthology
June 10, 2021