1913 Roxbury Cake

1913 Roxbury Cake
The New Cookery
3 ½ cups pastry flour
2 eggs
½ cup sugar
¼ cup butter
½ cup molasses
Nutmeg
½ cup English walnut meats
¾ cup raisins
½ cup milk
1 ¾ cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ground cloves
1 ½ tsp baking powder
Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, then the beaten yolks, molasses, and milk. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add to the first mixture. Add beaten whites and lastly the raisins chopped fine and bake in gem pans. This should make from 19 to 20 small cakes. Ice with boiled frosting, putting just a little of the frosting in the center of each cake and an English walnut meat pressed down upon that.
Did we eat them? Yes
Would I make them again? Yes
Notes: I cut the recipe in half and used almond flour. I added some additional almond flour until it was the consistency I liked. Made as is with almond flour they have a brownie like consistency.

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