Ribbon Cake
A dish — butter and sugar carry it.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs
Ingredients
US
Metric
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- Yolks 4 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 3½ cups flour
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- Whites 4 eggs
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon mace
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅓ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
- ⅓ cup figs, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon molasses
Make it lactose-friendly
- ½ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
- 1 cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
Steps
- Mix first seven ingredients in order given. Bake two-thirds of the mixture in two layer cake pans. To the remainder add spices, fruit, and molasses, and bake in a layer cake pan. Put layers together with jelly (apple usually being preferred, as it has less flavor), having the dark layer in the centre.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 447 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 5.7 g |
| Fat | 10.5 g |
| Carbs | 84.4 g |
| Fiber | 2.1 g |
| Sodium | 260 mg |
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States