Cream brown sugar and butter substitute together; add the molasses and the eggs, stiffly beaten. Sift the flour, soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon, and add alternately with the milk. Last add the hot sweet potato, which has been pressed through a fine sieve. Beat well, pour in a greased pan and bake for three quarters of an hour in a moderate oven.
Source: Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Recipes for War Breads (Philadelphia, 1918). Loan courtesy of Linda August.
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