Poor Man's Cake I recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground allspice
1 ½ cups raisins
1 cup water
½ cup cold water
¼ cup shortening

Nutrition Info

155.6 calories
carbohydrate: 31.4 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 3.1 g
fiber: 0.9 g
protein: 1.8 g
saturatedFat: 0.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 171.1 mg
sugar: 18.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.

  2. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, set aside.

  3. In a saucepan, combine raisins and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup cold water and shortening.

  4. Add raisin mixture to flour mixture, stir until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.

  5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes.

Recipe Yield

1 - 9x13 inch cake

Recipe Note

In about 1968, we moved next door to a family with seven little boys. Their mother gave me this recipe. It is really delicious. You can frost it, or just eat it like it is.

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