Poor Man’s Cake

Name: Poor Man’s Cake
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 1/4 cup lard; 2 cups sour milk; 2 teaspoons soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons cloves; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 nutmeg grated; 1 lb. raisins; 4 cups flour

From The Carbon County cook book, 1926

Presented as published in 1926. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The Carbon County cook book (1926), page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Poor Man’s Cake. 2 cups sugar, 14 cun lard, 2 cups sour mil‘, 2 teaspoons soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons cloves, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 nutmeg grated, 1 lb. raisins, 4 cups flour

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