Eleanor's Favorite Recipes

 

Mother's Eggless, Milkless, Butterless Cake - Mother in this case being Eleanor's mother. I don't recall eating this cake, but it must have meant something to her as I found the recipe card as I was sorting through her things.

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup seedless raisins
• 1/3 cup lard
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoons nutmeg

Boil 2 minutes, and let cool. When cold, sift together the following:

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

And add to the previous mixture. Disolve 1 teaspoon soda in a little hot water, and add that as well. A cup of nut meats added, improves the cake. Bake very slowly about 1 hour in greased and floured pan. She didn't have a temperature written down, so you'll have to experiment, probably starting at 350.