by HappyCamper » 23 Aug 2020 Read
First, take one pound of good salt pork,
From stripes of lean quite free,
And chop it with your chopping-knife,
As fine as it can be.
Then add one cup of water warm,
One of molasses too,
And one of sugar, clean and brown,
That will for sweetening do.
You may add spice to suit your taste.
Cinnamon, allspice, clove,
With raisins, and some citron too,
That it quite rich may prove.
Oh, I'd quite forgot to say,
You must add too, in a trice,
One teaspoonful of soda, that
It may rise light and nice.
You need not measure out the flour,
But mix it very hard,
Or else you'll find 'twill be so short
You'll not have your reward.
Now all is ready, — bake quite slow,
And von my word mny take,
That when 'tis done, you will confess
That you've a nice "Pork Cake."