Gingerbread Loaf or “American Cake.”

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909

Source: The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
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Ingredients (13)

1 lb. 14 ozs. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/2 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
2 lbs. treacle
1/2 lb. powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
1/4 lb. candied lemon peel ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1/4 lb. chopped citron peel if liked ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a tablespoonful of carraway seeds ↝ Seeds, lotus seeds, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
1 lemon squeezed and its peel grated ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
4 ozs. powdered ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
1/4 lb. citron
1 teaspoonful peel (* a tablespoonful in another copy) ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
2 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a dessertspoonful of soda which is not quite 1/2 oz. (another copy says a teaspoonful)

Instructions (2)

Melt the butter and the treacle together and put in the sugar with a dessertspoonful of soda which is not quite 1/2 oz.
Bake like any other cake, having ornamented the top with slices of citron or with carraway comfits if you like, but do not cut it for eating under a week.

Original Text

Gingerbread Loaf or “American Cake.”
For tea or for luncheon.
1 lb. 14 ozs. flour, ½ lb. butter, 2 lbs. treacle, ½ lb. powdered sugar, ¼ lb. candied lemon peel also ¼ lb. chopped citron peel if liked, a tablespoonful of carraway seeds, 1 lemon squeezed and its peel grated, 4 ozs. powdered ginger, ¼ lb. citron, 1 teaspoonful peel (* a tablespoonful in another copy), 2 eggs.
Melt the butter and the treacle together and put in the sugar with a dessertspoonful of soda which is not quite ½ oz. (another copy says a teaspoonful). Bake like any other cake, having ornamented the top with slices of citron or with carraway comfits if you like, but do not cut it for eating under a week.

Notes

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