Recipe for Favorite Molasses Cake, 1934

Authors

• Lydia O. Jackson
• Better Homes and Gardens

Files

Date of Work

October 13th, 1934

Description

Full recipe of Lydia O. Jackson's favorite molasses cake recipe, accompanied by a Certificate of Recipe Endorsement from Better Homes and Gardens. This is one of several recipes Jackson submitted and had published in the magazine. Although Jackson is well known for her poetry, and for being North Dakota's Poet Laureate, these documents show that she was also a skilled baker and a homemaker, reflecting her small-town heritage. This and other recipes were published under the name of Mrs. Arthur F. Jackson.

Keywords

baking, Better Homes and Gardens, cooking, domestic labor, homemaker

Organizations Referenced

Better Homes and Gardens

People Referenced

Ruth Jacobs, Josephine Wylie

Physical Location

Lydia O. Jackson Papers (OGLMC 987), Series: Additional unpublished Works, Sub-series: Contest entries, Box 5, Folder 14: Contest Entries Correspondence, 1931-1972.

Recommended Citation

Jackson, Lydia O. and Better Homes and Gardens, "Recipe for Favorite Molasses Cake, 1934" (2026). Lydia O. Jackson Papers. 14.
https://commons.und.edu/jackson-papers/14