Housekeeping in Old Virginia

Seventeen hundred recipes from the housewives of Old Virginia — Sally Lunn and beaten biscuit, brandy peaches and Brunswick stew — gathered in 1879 by Patrick Henry's granddaughter, with tributes from the First Lady down.

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Molasses Cake

5 light cupfuls flour. 5 eggs. 2 cupfuls sugar. 2 cupfuls molasses. 1 cupful butter. 1 cupful cream, with one teaspoonful soda. 2 tablespoonfuls cream of tartar. 2 teaspoonfuls ground ginger. All well beaten together. Bake as pound cake.--Miss E.T Molasses Cake. 1 teaspoonful soda. 1 pound butter. 1 pound sugar. 1 pint molasses. 1 tablespoonful ginger. Stir enough to make it as thick as ordinary cake.--Miss

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