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Normandy Spice Cake or Gingerbread

This is the cake of the "gingerbread fairs," common in rural France. Warm 1 pint molasses, add 1/2 pound fresh butter, 1/2 ounce each of powdered ginger and allspice, a teaspoonful of mixed anise and coriander seed, and the rind of a lemon, grated. Add enough flour to make a dough, and set it to rise in a cool place, add then 2 ounces each of chopped cherries, citron, and currants or candied peel, roll out an inch thick, cut into rounds or squares, and bake in hot oven. It can be iced, if desired.