I am looking for an old recipe for gingerbread; cake batter not cookies, the recipe is titled "Ida Best"...

Question

It was in an old cookbook about twenty ago. Sorry I don' t know the name of the cookbook.

Answer 1

Originally published in Sunset magazine.
Best ever .....

1 cup (200 g) white sugar

1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt

1 tsp (5 ml) ginger

1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) cinnamon

1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) powdered cloves

1 cup (250 ml) vegetable oil

1 cup (250 ml) light molasses

2 tsp (10 ml) baking soda (not powder!)

1 cup (250 ml) boiling water

2 1/2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour, unsifted

2 eggs, well beaten


1. Mix the sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves together in a bowl.
2 .Add the vegetable oil and the molasses, stirring until well blended.
3 .Mix the baking soda into the boiling water and immediately stir into the mixture.
4 .Add the flour gradually, mixing well after each addition.
5. Mix in the beaten eggs.
6.Pour into a greased 9 x 13 (20 x 30) baking pan and bake at 350F or 175C for 40 minutes.

Top with whipped cream or lemon sauce.

Answer 2

Gingerbread
This gingerbread uses molasses and honey.
2 1/2 c flour 1 c boiling water
1 1/2 t baking soda 1/2 c molasses
1 t ginger 1/2 c honey
1 t cinnamon 1/2 c shortening
1/2 t salt 1/2 c sugar
1/4 t cloves 1 egg, beaten

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease the bottom of a 9" square cake pan, line the bottom with parchment then grease the parchment again.

Sift the flour with the spices and salt. Set aside. Combine the boiling, molasses and honey and set aside. Cream well the shortening, then add in gradually the sugar. Add in the beaten egg, mix and few turn, scrape the bottom of the bowl and make sure mixture is smooth. Add alternately the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients, mixing only until the mixture is smooth; do not overbeat. Turn the mixture into prepared pan and bake until the cake tests done, about 50 to 55 minutes. Let rest in pan for 15 minutes to cool, then loosen the sides of the cake gently with a small metal spatula or butter knife. Turn out then place right side up for cooling.

Answer 3

Gingerbread
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot water
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan.
In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend into the creamed mixture. Stir in the hot water. Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan before serving

Answer 4

Check out the link below.
It has recipes for quite a few tasty cakes and desserts that can be prepared easily from home ..