A domestic miscellany

Home oeconomics: the science of managing a household. This is my domestic journal, an intermittent record of recipes, home improvements, and textile crafts.
Posts tagged "cake"

Rosemary raisin slice

Crossposted from here. When sjkasabi and I were up at the Grampians a couple of weeks ago, there was a party of older women also staying at the YHA hostel. On their last night, one of them offered around some treats she’d baked, which hadn’t been eaten and which she didn’t want to carry home...

Recipe: Molasses apple cake

This is from “From a Monastery Kitchen” which I posted about the other day week. 1.5 cups thinly sliced apples 3/4 cups molasses 1/3 cup shortening (I used butter) 1/2 cup hot water 2.5 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp cloves 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/4 tsp salt...