Book of American Baking / A Practical Guide Covering Various Branches of the Baking Industry, Including Cakes, Buns, and Pastry, Bread Making, Pie Baking, Etc.

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Bula.

One pound of lard, 1 pound sugar, 6 eggs, 1 pint of water, 1 ounce soda, 1 quart molasses, and 4 pounds of flour. Put sugar and lard into the bowl and rub to a cream, then slowly add the eggs. Next put in the molasses and mix together, then dissolve the soda in the water and mix all together. Lastly add the flour and mix very light. This is put in a canvas bag with a plain tube laid out on clean pans in form of an S. These cakes can be sold for one cent each, or 6 for five cents. They are baked in a slow heat of 370 degrees F. Leave on the pan till well cooled off. If made right these jumbles will keep for weeks.