Eggless, butterless and milkless cake

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Brown sugar
1 cup Water
2 cups Seedless raisins; chopped
½ cup Shortening
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
½ teaspoon Ground cloves
1 pinch Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda in a little hot water (1 or 2 tblsp)
2 cups Flour
½ teaspoon Baking powder

Directions

This comes from the Wesley Cookbook (by Florence Cerda)

Put brown sugar, water, raisins, shortening, nutmeg, cloves and salt in saucepan. Boil together 3 minutes, then cool. When cold, add soda-hot water mixture. Sift together flour and baking powder. Mix into batter. Bake in moderate oven at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

Note: This was used in World Wars I and II. It was called the Less Cake.

Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #196 by vergie1@... (Vergie A Ewing) on Aug 18, 1997

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