President Harrison Molasses Cake (1863)
Created by dienia b on September 6, 2019
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #33278
Ingredients
- 2 cups molasses
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 ounces sour cream (1 cup)
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup currants
- 4 cups flour
How to Make
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Step 1: Melt butter and molasses together
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Step 2: Add three or four cups of flour(start with the smaller amount go higher)
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Step 3: Then add sugar, cloves, and half the sour cream.
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Step 4: Put in the rest of the cream when you have dissolved the saleratus(baking soda) in it.
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Step 5: Then take enough more flour to make it about as thick as tea cakes.
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Step 6: Stir it 10 or 15 minutes,(this was by hand)
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Step 7: Add the currants,
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Step 8: And bake it in pans like cup cake.(grease that puppy ,spray pam)
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Step 9: 350 for 20 minutes im guessing(watch so doesnt burn )
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (78 g)
- Calories 268.4
- Total Fat - 9.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.8 g
- Cholesterol - 23.7 mg
- Sodium - 111.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 44.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 29.6 g
- Protein - 3.4 g
- Calcium - 81.6 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg