Rich Spice Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup lard and butter mixed
• 1 cup sour milk
• Sift 3y2 cups flour
• one teaspoon eaeh salt
• one teaspoon eaeh soda
• one teaspoon eaeh cinnamon
• one teaspoon eaeh nutmeg
• one teaspoon eaeh allspice
• one teaspoon eaeh cloves
• 1 In. raisins
• x/2^>. walnut or pecan meats

Method

1. 1

   Take a spoonful of the mixture, roll in sugar, place on pans one inch apart, let raise for 20 minutes and bake.

2. 2

   This may be baked in a loaf and will keep moist for weeks.

3. 3

   Wrap in waxed paper before putting away.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

RICH SPICE CAKE 2 cups brown sugar 3 eggs 1 cup lard and butter mixed 1 cup sour milk Sift 3y2 cups flour with one teaspoon eaeh salt, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves, add 1 In. raisins and x/2^>. walnut or pecan meats

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