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Poor Man's Cake (Spice) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 c. sugar
½ c. lard or oleo
1 c. raisins ?
1⅓ c. water or cold coffee
1 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp cloves

1 tsp. soda
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
Directions:
Directions:
Boil first 6 ingredients for 3 minutes. Dissolve soda in boiling water and add to first mixture which has been cooled, add flour and baking powder. Bake in large pan in moderate oven. May add ½ c. nuts if desired.
Sometimes I use dates in place of raisins or some of each, and serve with whipped cream or a lemon sauce. Also can add enough oatmeal for cookies.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is from my mother-in-law, Jessie Hansen and is the way she wrote it out for me when I was first married to her son. Where I have the question marks I couldn't read the old recipe very well

 

 

 

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