This Depression-era cake recipe was my mother's, it has sugar but no eggs, no butter, and no milk.
Ingredients
- shortening: 1 cup
- water: 2 cups
- raisins: 2 cups
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 1 tsp
- ground allspice: 1 tsp
- ground cloves: 0.5 tsp
- white sugar: 2 cups
- all-purpose flour: 3 cups
- baking soda: 1 tsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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In a saucepan combine shortening, water, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and sugar. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand until cool.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
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Stir flour and baking soda into the cooled raisin mixture and mix until just combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
