Allie's Cake

One cup of molasses, one of sugar, one of sour milk, three of flour, one half of butter, one pound of raisins, one teaspoonful of saleratus, two of cinnamon, and one of cloves. Beat sugar and butter together, then add molasses and spice, then the sour milk in which the saleratus is dissolved, and then the flour, and last the raisins. Bake in loaves in a moderate oven. If the raisins are not stoned, chop them. It is much better, however, to stone them.

Raisin Cake

One cup of molasses, one of butter, one of milk, three of flour, two of chopped raisins, and one teaspoonful of saleratus. Spice to your taste. Soften the butter and beat it and the molasses together; then add milk, and then the flour in which the saleratus is mixed, and lastly the raisins. Bake in loaves in a moderate oven.

Apple Cake

Wash clean two cups of sliced dried apple, and soak over night; in the morning chop one half of them, and stew them all slowly in two cups of molasses, until they arc dark. One cup of butter, two of sugar, two of chopped raisins, two thirds of sour milk, four eggs, two teaspoonfuls of saleratus, five cups of flour and all kinds of spice. Put together as directed for raisin cake, and stir in the apple and raisins last. Bake in loaves, in a moderate oven, from two hours and a half to three.