Surprise Cake

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup apple sauce
• 5/8 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 cup boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the sugar and add the raisins and spices.

2. 2

   Thin the apple sauce with the boiling water and add it to the other ingredients.

3. 3

   Bake in a moderate oven for one hour.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 116. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SURPRISE CAKE 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup raisins 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour V2 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup apple sauce 5^ teaspoon cloves Vz cup boiling water Rub the butter into the sugar and add the raisins and spices. Thin the apple sauce with the boiling water and add it to the other ingredients. Bake in a moderate oven for one hour. 298 Planned for a t^ W"UC Family of Four \^AJVJC/0 SNIPPY-DOODLE 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1 tablespoon butter I/2 cup milk 1 egg 1 teaspoon baking powder Beat the butter and sugar to a cream and add the egg. Then stir in the flour and the milk alternately; add the baking powder last. Pour into a shallow, greased baking tin; and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake in a moderate oven. SPONGE GINGER CAKE Yz cup sour milk 1 egg 1/2 cup molasses V^ tablespoon ginger Vi cup butter 2 cups flour 3/4 teaspoon soda Beat together the molasses, butter, egg, milk and ginger; then stir in the flour and last the soda dissolved in a very little hot water. Bake in shallow square tins. GINGERBREAD 1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses Vz cup butter and lard 3 cups flour 2 eggs 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup sour milk IV2 teaspoons ginger 2 even teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon cloves Vi teaspoon grated nutmeg Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; add the eggs, then the milk with the soda dissolved in it, last the molasses, spices and flour. Bake in square tins about twenty minutes. MOLASSES CAKE Yz cup granulated sugar 2'/^ cups sifted flour 1/2 cup butter 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 cup molasses 11/2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 even teaspoons soda Salt to taste 1 cup boiling water

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