Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• One cup of sugar
• One cup of butter
• One cup of molasses
• One egg
• One cup of coffee
• One teaspoonful of soda
• Four cups of flour
• One pound of raisins 
• One tablespoonful of cloves
• One tablespoonful of cinnamon
• One tablespoonful of nutmeg

Directions

1. Mix together one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of molasses, and one egg
2. Add one cup of warm coffee to the mixture
3. Add one teaspoonful of soda, four cups of flour, and one pound of raisins or currants
4. Add one tablespoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg

Source — "Creole Cookery Book"

Prepared by Alexis Byars

Louisiana Anthropology

June 11, 2018

Cup Cake

Ingredients

• Two and one half cups of unsifted flour
• Two cups of sugar
• One cup of butter
• Eight egg whites
• One half cup of sweet milk
• Two teaspoons of yeast powder

Directions

1. Sift two teaspoons of yeast powder in the flour, butter and sugar
2. Beat the eight egg whites
3. Add the mixture to the egg whites
4. Add the flour
5. Add the milk into the mixture

Source — "Creole Cookery Book"

Prepared by Alexis Byars

Louisiana Anthropology

June 11, 2018

Plain Cake

Ingredients

• Twelve eggs, ten whole ones and two yolks
• One pound of sugar
• One pound of butter
• One pound of flour
• One glass of wine

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix all of the ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
3. Pour the mixture into a greased cake pan.
4. Bake for 25 minutes in a preheated oven.

Source — "Creole Cookery Book"

Prepared by Alexis Byars

Louisiana Anthropology

June 11. 2018

Plain Cake

Ingredients

• Twelve eggs, ten whole ones and two yolks
• One pound of sugar
• One pound of butter
• One pound of flour
• One glass of wine

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix all of the ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
3. Pour the mixture into a greased cake pan.
4. Bake for 25 minutes in a preheated oven.

Source — "Creole Cookery Book"

Prepared by Alexis Byars

Louisiana Anthropology

June 11. 2018

Cup Cake

Ingredients

• Two and one half cups of unsifted flour
• Two cups of sugar
• One cup of butter
• Eight egg whites
• One half cup of sweet milk
• Two teaspoons of yeast powder

Directions

1. Sift two teaspoons of yeast powder in the flour, butter and sugar
2. Beat the eight egg whites
3. Add the mixture to the egg whites
4. Add the flour
5. Add the milk into the mixture

Source — "Creole Cookery Book"

Prepared by Alexis Byars

Louisiana Anthropology

June 11, 2018

Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• One cup of sugar
• One cup of butter
• One cup of molasses
• One egg
• One cup of coffee
• One teaspoonful of soda
• Four cups of flour
• One pound of raisins 
• One tablespoonful of cloves
• One tablespoonful of cinnamon
• One tablespoonful of nutmeg

Directions

1. Mix together one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of molasses, and one egg
2. Add one cup of warm coffee to the mixture
3. Add one teaspoonful of soda, four cups of flour, and one pound of raisins or currants
4. Add one tablespoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg

Source — "Creole Cookery Book"

Prepared by Alexis Byars

Louisiana Anthropology

June 11, 2018

Sugar Cakes

Ingredients

• One half pound of dry sifted flour
• One half pound of fresh butter
• One forth pound of sifted loaf sugar
• One egg
• One tablespoon of cream

Directions

1. Mix together the flour and sugar
2. Rub in the butter into the mix of flour and sugar
3. Beat the yolk of an egg with a tablespoonful of cream
4. Add the egg yolk to the flour, sugar, and butter mix
5. Make the mixture unto a paste roll
6. Cut the roll into small round cakes
7. Bake the cakes in a floured tin

Source — "Creole Cookery Book"

Prepared by Alexis Byars
Louisiana Anthropology
June 11, 2018