Ribbon Cake
A dish — butter and sugar carry it.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 120 ml butter
- 470 ml sugar
- Yolks 4 eggs
- 240 ml milk
- 830 ml flour
- 25 ml baking powder
- Whites 4 eggs
- 2 ml cinnamon
- 1 ml mace
- 1 ml nutmeg
- 80 ml raisins (seeded and cut in pieces)
- 80 ml figs (finely chopped)
- 15 ml 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