home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: "Aimee J. Robertson" <ar3f+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Gingerbread Cake
- Message-ID: <MgzpUqK00UhWE2BZIl@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Organization: University Libraries , Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 10:16:06 -0500
-
-
- I think this is what you mean by Gingerbread Cake, though we call it
- soft gingerbread. This recipe dates from the 1850's.
-
- 1/2 c butter (the original uses lard)
- 1 c molasses
- 3/4 c brown sugar
- 1 T ground ginger
- 2 t ground cinnamon
- 1 T baking soda dissolved in 1 c boiling water
- 2 1/2 c flour
- 2 beaten eggs
-
- Cream first 5 ingredients til light. Add baking soda and water, then
- stir in flour and eggs. Bake in 9" square pan at 325 til knife comes out
- clean. This takes about 35 minutes. The original recipe did not specify
- baking time or temperature, so feel free to experiment.
-
-
-
-