war cake

Name: War Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) brown sugar, lightly packed; 2 cup(s) hot water; 2 teaspoon(s) shortening; 3/4 cup(s) raisens; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 teaspoon(s) cinnomon; 1 teaspoon(s) ground cloves; 3 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 2 teaspoon(s) hot water

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Lucille Hoerle

Summit, NY

Updated on Mar 4, 2012

I got this recipe out of a newspaper a very long time ago. It is a spicy type of cake that does not require any eggs. My assumption is during the war, eggs may have been rationed and a cook came up with this recipe to eliminate the use of eggs. I have not made this cake in a number of years but after viewing the recipe again, I think I will be making it again shortly.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 1 Hr

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yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
2 cups hot water
2 teaspoons shortening
3/4 cup raisens
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnomon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water

How To Make war cake

Step 1

In medium pot, mix together brown sugar, 2 cups hot water and shortening. Add the raisins and salt, cinnamon and cloves. Boil for 5 minutes after mixture begins to bubble.

Step 2

When this mixture is cold (and it must be cold), add three cups of flour and one tsp. of soda that has been dissolved in a couple of teaspoons of hot water. Mix well.
Step 3

Pour into a greased tube pan and bake in preheated 350-375 degree oven for one hour.
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