poor man cake
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Here is another old recipe from my mother's cook book. this was given to her, in the early 70's, by her best friend.
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prep time
30 Min
cook time
30 Min
Ingredients For poor man cake
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1 craisins
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1 cwater, hot
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2 cflour
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1/2 tspcinnamon
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1/4 tspnutmeg, and cloves
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1 tspbaking soda
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1 tspsalt
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1 csugar
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1/2 cshortening, (can use 1 cup vegetable oil)
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1egg
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1 cmashed bananas or applesauce, can also use grated zucchini
How To Make poor man cake
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1Boil raisins in 1 cup water until tender. Measure liquid and add enough water to make 1 cup. set this aside.
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22 cups flour 1/2 teaspoons. cinnamon 1/4 teaspoons. nutmeg 1/4 teaspoons cloves 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoons salt. sift together and set aside.
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3Mix together until fluffy 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup shortening
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4Add in the egg 1 cup of mashed bananas, or the applesauce add the raisins to the above and mix well.
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5Add the dry ingredients and mix well.
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6Pour in a greased and floured 9X12 baking pan and bake at 325 or 350 degrees until when tested with a pick, it come out clean, about 30 minutes.
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7Let cool and either ice with your favorite icing or dust with powdered sugar (this is the way I remember this cake being served, with the powdered sugar)
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