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Rochester Jelly Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 heaping cups flour
• 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in the milk

Instructions

Put half the above mixture in a small shallow tin, and to the remainder add one teaspoonful molasses, one-half cup raisins (chopped) or currants, one-half teaspoonful cinnamon, cloves, allspice, a little nutmeg and one tablespoonful flour. Bake this in same kind of tins. Put the sheets of cake together, while warm, with jelly between.

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Source

The White House Cookbook (1887)

Categories

Jelly Cakes.