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This recipe if from the l930′s. My Grandmother gave it to my Mother and she gave it to me. Now I am a grandmother and passed it down to my kids. It’s really good. You don’t have to dirty your mixer for this one, just a big bowl.
Poor Mans Cake III
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 cups raisins
- 2 cups water
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.
2 In a saucepan mix brown sugar, raisins, water and shortening. Bring to a boil and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
3 In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. When raisin mixture is cool, add to dry ingredients and mix well to combine.
4 Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 or 40 minutes. Do not over bake or it will be too dry. Test after 30 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of cake should come out clean.
