Poor Man's Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1.5 pt thick sour cream
• 1/2 teasp soda
• 2 tablesp warm water
• 1/2 cup N O molasses
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tablesp cinnamon
• 1 tablesp allspice
• 1 lb raisins

Method

1. 1

   Mix brown sugar with sour cream, dissolve soda in warm water and stir into molasses.

2. 2

   Add flour mixed with spices and beat thoroughly.

3. 3

   Finally, add raisins rolled in flour and bake for about 1.5 hours in a moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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