¾ teaspoon nutmeg
½ cup butter or other shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
3 tablespoons molasses
7 tablespoons cold coffee
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt, and spices, and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well; then molasses and blend. Add flour, alternately with coffee, a small amount at a time. Beat after each addition until smooth. Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans in moderate oven (375°F.) 25 minutes, or until done. Spread Butter Frosting ([page 17]) between layers and on top of cake.
Patty’s Birthday Cake
(2 egg whites)
2 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder