Pork Cake (No eggs)

Ingredients

• 1 lb salt fat pork
• 1/2 pt strong, boiling hot coffee
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 teasp soda
• about 6 cups flour
• 2 teasp cinnamon
• 1 teasp cloves
• 1 teasp nutmeg
• 1 lb seeded raisins
• i/4 lb citron or candied orange peel

Method

1. 1

   Chop pork finely, pour hot coffee over it, add sugar, molasses, and soda, then sift in flour mixed with spices, and add raisins and citron.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 16 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

% teasp cloves, and sift this into the first named ingredients. Lastly add 1 cup raisins, seeded, cut fine, and well dredged with flour. — [Mrs. H. I. S.. Ga. 42 FARM AND HOME COOK BOOK Sour Milk Cake (No eggs) To 1 cup sugar add V2 cup melted butter, or butter and lard mixed, i/^ teasp soda dissolved in 1 cup sour milk, and 2 cups flour with spices to suit. Lastly stir in 1 cup or less seeded and chopped raisins, dredged with flour. The spices may be omitted. — [Mrs. E. B. L., Me. Pork Cake (No eggs) Chop 1 lb salt fat pork (no lean) very fine, and pour over it 1/2 pt strong, boiling hot coffee, add 2 cups brown sugar, 1 cup molasses, and 1 teasp soda, then sift in about 6 cups flour mixed with 2 teasp cinnamon, and 1 teasp each cloves and nut- meg. Last of all add 1 lb seeded raisins, and i/4 lb citron or candied orange peel

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