Molasses Cake - Old timey, 100-year-old recipe from the Home Comfort Wood Stove Cookbook!

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This Molasses Cake recipe was published in my great-grandmother's "Home Comfort Wood Stove Cook Book." The company started producing wood stoves before the end of the Civil War. This copy of the cookbook comes from the early 1930s, but no doubt, this recipe goes back to the 1800s. Molasses Cake is a very old, traditional southern dessert. I've tried other Molasses Cake recipes but I love the flavor of this one. The baking instructions were written for a wood stove so you'll have to determine the best time and temperature for your liking, but I'll publish the recipe below exactly as it was printed in the cookbook.
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⚠️ Also, I noticed while typing up this recipe that I read the baking time wrong! I baked this too long anyway. Even 40 minutes would've been enough by this recipe. I thought it had said 45-55 minutes. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Still, in the future, I'll start checking this at around the 30 minute mark for doneness.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking
powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon mixed spices
1 egg
INSTRUCTIONS
Cream butter, and gradually cream in
the sugar; add molasses and beaten egg and mix; sift and measure flour, add baking
powder, salt, soda and spices, and re-sift
together; add flour and milk alternately and
mix well; bake in well greased shallow pan
in a moderate oven-baking time about 40
to 45 minutes. Serve while yet warm. Ice
if desired.

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@rebeccadees 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your vintage recipe. I love old family recipes because they have a proven history of being delicious.

@OldTimeKnowledge 7 ай бұрын

Yes they do! This is delicious, but in this video, I baked it a little too long. Just keep an eye on it if you bake this and take it out as soon as toothpick comes out clean.

@SurfDetector 8 ай бұрын

Molasses cake is one of my all time favourites. My usual recipe uses hot water rather than milk and also a whole cup of molasses. Thanks for sharing your recipe.

@OldTimeKnowledge 8 ай бұрын

Oh nice! I have a couple of other recipes, but I had to try this one from my great grandmama's cookbook.

@Notturnoir 7 ай бұрын

which type of molasses?

@OldTimeKnowledge 7 ай бұрын

@@Notturnoir I use Grandma's Molasses (unsulphured). That's what our family has used as far back as I know.

@SurfDetector 7 ай бұрын

I use Crosby's Fancy Molasses@@Notturnoir

@jerrinesaunders2573 Ай бұрын

I like everything about it I can look at the Battle and tell that it was too stiff that it was dry it needed some moisture to it so I would have definitely put some shortening to give it some moisture

@OldTimeKnowledge Ай бұрын

That's a good suggestion. Another viewer mentioned lowering the temperature on the oven a bit and another mentioned adding more liquid. At this point, I've got another molasses cake recipe I prefer anyway, but this particular recipe was one that was from that 100 year old cookbook so I wanted to share it. I suspect it was dry after I baked it becuase my oven was too hot. Since they just say "moderate oven" I had to guess at what that meant. It was a recipe for wood burning stoves. In any case, thanks for watching and taking time to comment with your suggestion!