1910 Picayune Creole Molasses Cake Recipe

molasses

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: maple syrup

Honey provides sweetness with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds flavor and is dairy-free.

pecans

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: almonds

Walnuts are often less expensive and still nutty.

Melt 1 cup of butter and place it into a stand mixer.

Boil some water and dissolve baking powder or baking soda in it.

Mix the dissolved baking powder or baking soda into the Louisiana molasses.

Cream the molasses with the melted butter in the stand mixer.

Beat the egg whites until stiff and set aside.

Add beaten egg yolks to the mixer and mix them in.

Slowly add hot milk into the mixer with the other ingredients.

Add all-purpose flour to the mixer and beat until light and smooth.

Mix in ground ginger, ground cinnamon, and ground cloves into the batter.

Fold in the beaten egg whites gently into the batter.

Preheat the oven to a moderate heat.

Butter a large shallow cake pan and line it with parchment paper.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth it out into the corners.

Bake the cake in the oven and monitor until done.

Cooking Techniques

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