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Ribbon Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• yolks 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• whites 4 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon mace
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/3 cup raisins seeded and cut in pieces
• 1/3 cup figs finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon molasses

Instructions

Mix first seven ingredients in order given. Bake two-thirds of the mixture in two layer cake pans. To the remainder add spices, fruit, and molasses, and bake in a layer cake pan. Put layers together with jelly (apple usually being preferred as it has less flavor), having the dark layer in the centre.

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Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896)

Categories

Ribbon Cakes.