Dessert
Poverty cake
Marion Harland’s original method for Poverty cake, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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- Mix together half a cupful of molasses, half a cupful of sugar, one egg and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter.
- When these are beaten together thoroughly add one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in half a cupful of cold water, cinnamon or ginger to taste, and one and a half cupfuls of flour.
Historical transcription
Source method
- 1
Mix together half a cupful of molasses, half a cupful of sugar, one egg and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter. When these are beaten together thoroughly add one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in half a cupful of cold water, cinnamon or ginger to taste, and one and a half cupfuls of flour. Bake in a shallow pan in a moderate oven for about thirty minutes.
- 2
Good, in spite of the name!
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