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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Ginger Cakes.

Four lbs. flour, 1 qt. molasses, ½ lb. lard, ½ pint water, 1 oz. soda, 1 oz. ginger, little salt; place the flour on one side of the bowl; put molasses, lard, ginger and salt in the other. Mix one handful of the flour well into these ingredients; then add the soda dissolved in the water, and the remaining flour, and make a smooth dough. Roll out and cut with plain cutter; place on greased pans ½ inch apart, and bake in hot oven.