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Honey Cake

Stir half a pint of sour cream into a pint of flour. Add about half a tea-spoonful of ground ginger, a quarter of a tea-spoonfuls of sugar and honey, according to taste. Mix thoroughly, and when the cake is ready for the oven, add half a tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda, dissolved in a small quantity of hot water. Beat again for a few minutes, pour the mixture into a buttered mould, and bake in a good oven. This cake may be eaten either warm or cold. Time, three-quarters of an hour to bake. Probable cost, 1s. Sufficient for four persons.