Farmer's Cake

Good Maine Food, 1939

1 1⁄2 hours — 8 Servings

Ingredients

2	cup	dried apples
2	cup	molasses
1	cup	butter
1	cup	sugar
2		eggs
1	teaspoon	ground cloves
1	teaspoon	ground cassia (i.e. cinnamon)
1	teaspoon	ground ginger
1	teaspoon	soda (i.e. baking soda)
3 1⁄2	cup	flour

Instructions

Soak the apples overnight in cold water; then chopped fine. Add them to the molasses and simmer slowly 1 hour. Cream the butter and sugar, add beaten eggs and mixed and sifted dry ingredients. Add the apple molasses mixture. Pour into a greased cake tin and bake.

Notes

Older recipes and cookbooks tend not to give times or temperatures for baking. In this case it is up to the cook. We suggest about 30 minutes at a temperature of 350°F; if it isn't ready by then, check on your cake by inserting in the middle of it a toothpick or thin-bladed knife every 5 minutes after that. When the knife or toothpick are removed from the cake cleanly (nothing stuck to it), then the cake is ready.