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.
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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.
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.
Cinnamon Roll recipe from this same cookbook https://youtu.be/gzeQjObCGdM
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Still, in the future, I’ll start checking this at around the 30 minute mark for doneness.
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Molasses Cake – 100 Year Old Recipe!
Ingredients
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup molasses
- ½ cup milk
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp 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 (around 350º), baking until toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.