everything but the dishwater squaw cake
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Another recipe from cookbook.....easy recipes of chuck wagon cooking.... Haven't tried this one, but I love the name of the recipe. A moist cake made without eggs or butter, ingredients often hard to find on the trail. Traditionally, trail cooks used mild flavored beef or pork lard, rendered from the kidney fat. Throw in just about everything but the dishwater. This moist cake was a popular dessert on the trail,(when had all ingredients) and was also used as a breakfast bread.
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yield
8 -10
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr 30 Min
Ingredients For everything but the dishwater squaw cake
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1 cupraisins, or any dried fruit
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2 cupswater
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4 cupsflour
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspsalt
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1 cupgranulated sugar
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1/2 cupdark brown sugar or 1/3 cup molasses
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1 tspeach... ground allspice, ground cinnamon, ground cloves and ground nutmeg
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1 cupmelted shortening
How To Make everything but the dishwater squaw cake
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1Place raisins or other dried fruit in saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Combine all dry ingredients and molasses, if using. Stir in melted shortening until batter forms a smooth paste. Add fruit and the remaining liquid to the batter. Pour into a greased 9 inch cake pan and bake about 1 1/2 hours at 325. Allow to cool and place in a tin overnight before serving.
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