Post by Tom Green on Feb 9, 2007 23:49:00 GMT -5
Scripture Cake
This old-time Scripture cake recipe is taken from Mom's handmade recipe scrapbook, circa 1929. Mom made this cake for us once and if I remember it correctly, it tasted really good.
4-1/2 cups cake flour; 1 Kings IV, 22
1 cup butter; Judges V, 25
2 cups sugar; Jeremiah VI, 20
2 cups raisins; 1 Samuel XXX, 12
2 cups figs; Nahum III, 12
2 cups almonds; Numbers XVII, 8
1/2 cup sour milk; Judges IV, 19
3 tablesthingyfuls honey; 1 Samuel XIV, 25
Pinch of salt; Leviticus II, 13
6 eggs; Jeremiah XVII, 11
2 teasthingyfuls soda; Amos IV, 5
Season with spices to taste; II Chronicles IX, 9
Follow Solomon's prescription for making a good boy (Proverbs III, 12), and you will have a good cake. Bake in slow oven.
Scripture Cake
This Scripture cake recipe is taken from Grandma's handwritten recipe book, circa 1912. You will have to study the Bible to solve this novelty cake recipe as there are no ingredients listed.
Remember, at the time these recipes were invented the women prided themselves on being able to make the cake without referring to their Bible. How is your knowledge of Old Testament Scripture?
Judges V, 25
Jeremiah VI, 20
Isaiah X, 14
1 Samuel XXX, 12
Genesis LXIII, 11
Exodus XVI, 31
Genesis XXIV, 17
1 Kings IV, 22
Leviticus II, 13
Amos IV, 5
Kings X, 10
Follow Solomon's advice for making good boys (Proverbs XXIII, 14), and you will have a good cake.
Blend all ingredients and beat well by hand. Pour into a buttered and lightly floured baking pan. Bake at a medium temperature for about three hours and allow to stand for 24 hours for the maximum flavor.
Scripture Cake
This old-fashioned Scripture cake recipe is taken from the book "My Pet Recipes Tried and True" compiled by the ladies and friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, published by The Daily Telegraph Printing House, Quebec, in 1900.
One cup butter; Judges V, 25
Four cups flour; I Kings IV, 22
Three cups sugar; Jeremiah VI, 20
Two cups raisins; I Samuel XXX, 12
Two cups figs; I Samuel XXX, 12
One cup water; Genesis XXIV, 17
One cup almonds; Jeremiah I, 11
Six eggs; Isaiah X, 14
One tablesthingy honey; Exodus XVI, 21
One teasthingy cream; Exodus XII, 19
Baking powder, 3 teasthingys, and a pinch of salt; Job VI, 6
Spices to taste; I Kings X, 10
Follow Solomon's advice for making good boys and you will have a good cake; Proverbs XXIII, 13. -- Contributed by Mrs. Stocking
This old-time Scripture cake recipe is taken from Mom's handmade recipe scrapbook, circa 1929. Mom made this cake for us once and if I remember it correctly, it tasted really good.
4-1/2 cups cake flour; 1 Kings IV, 22
1 cup butter; Judges V, 25
2 cups sugar; Jeremiah VI, 20
2 cups raisins; 1 Samuel XXX, 12
2 cups figs; Nahum III, 12
2 cups almonds; Numbers XVII, 8
1/2 cup sour milk; Judges IV, 19
3 tablesthingyfuls honey; 1 Samuel XIV, 25
Pinch of salt; Leviticus II, 13
6 eggs; Jeremiah XVII, 11
2 teasthingyfuls soda; Amos IV, 5
Season with spices to taste; II Chronicles IX, 9
Follow Solomon's prescription for making a good boy (Proverbs III, 12), and you will have a good cake. Bake in slow oven.
Scripture Cake
This Scripture cake recipe is taken from Grandma's handwritten recipe book, circa 1912. You will have to study the Bible to solve this novelty cake recipe as there are no ingredients listed.
Remember, at the time these recipes were invented the women prided themselves on being able to make the cake without referring to their Bible. How is your knowledge of Old Testament Scripture?
Judges V, 25
Jeremiah VI, 20
Isaiah X, 14
1 Samuel XXX, 12
Genesis LXIII, 11
Exodus XVI, 31
Genesis XXIV, 17
1 Kings IV, 22
Leviticus II, 13
Amos IV, 5
Kings X, 10
Follow Solomon's advice for making good boys (Proverbs XXIII, 14), and you will have a good cake.
Blend all ingredients and beat well by hand. Pour into a buttered and lightly floured baking pan. Bake at a medium temperature for about three hours and allow to stand for 24 hours for the maximum flavor.
Scripture Cake
This old-fashioned Scripture cake recipe is taken from the book "My Pet Recipes Tried and True" compiled by the ladies and friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, published by The Daily Telegraph Printing House, Quebec, in 1900.
One cup butter; Judges V, 25
Four cups flour; I Kings IV, 22
Three cups sugar; Jeremiah VI, 20
Two cups raisins; I Samuel XXX, 12
Two cups figs; I Samuel XXX, 12
One cup water; Genesis XXIV, 17
One cup almonds; Jeremiah I, 11
Six eggs; Isaiah X, 14
One tablesthingy honey; Exodus XVI, 21
One teasthingy cream; Exodus XII, 19
Baking powder, 3 teasthingys, and a pinch of salt; Job VI, 6
Spices to taste; I Kings X, 10
Follow Solomon's advice for making good boys and you will have a good cake; Proverbs XXIII, 13. -- Contributed by Mrs. Stocking