The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

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Golden Spice Cake

1½ cup butter 1½ cup brown sugar 1 egg Yolks 4 eggs 1½ cup molasses 1½ cup milk 21/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1½ teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon clove 14 teaspoon grated nutmeg Few grains cayenne Few gratings lemon rind Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg and yolks of eggs well beaten, molasses, milk, flour, mixed and sifted with spices, cayenne, and lemon rind. Bake in a moderate oven one hour, and cover with White Mountain Cream (see p. 528).

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