Coffee Layer Cake recipe from 1941

This Coffee Layer Cake appeared in the Minneapolis Tribune and Star Journal on June 10, 1941. The cake itself is more molasses-flavoured than coffee-flavoured. To enhance the coffeeness, I used a coffee flavoured frosting.

Banana Bread recipe from 1937

This Banana Bread recipe appeared in a newspaper dated May 28, 1937. 





INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour (220g)
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup fine caster sugar (200g)
  • 2 eggs, beaten light
  • ¼ cup sour cream (60g)
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter (14g)
  • 3 medium-sized over ripe bananas

Note: All ingredients should be room temperature unless otherwise stated.


Method:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C
  • Grease and line a small loaf pan (8"x4" or 9"x5")

  1. Sift flour, then measure or weigh.
  2. Peel bananas, then mash bananas with a fork. (If you want very smooth bananas, you can push them through a sieve or use a hand blender.)
  3. Sift pre-sifted flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda into a large bowl.
  4. In a small bowl, beat eggs until light in color.
  5. Mix sour cream into the beaten eggs.
  6. Add egg/sour cream mixture to the dry ingredients, mixing with a fork.
  7. Add the melted butter.
  8. Using a whisk, mix in the mashed bananas until fully incorporated.
  9. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan. 
  10. Bake in preheated oven at 350°F/175°C for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. (Bake times will vary based on pan size, pan type, and oven. Keep an eye on it.) 
  11. Cool in pan for 1 hour, then remove and fully cool on a cake rack.

Enjoy!


Original newspaper clipping:



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