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Minnie's Boiled Spice Cake

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 ½ cups water
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup lard (lard is in original recipe but you
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • can use other shortening--Harriet)
  • 1 teaspoon cloves
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 heaping teaspoon soda dissolved in a little
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • hot water
  • 2 cups raisins
  • ½ cup nuts or more, if desired

Instructions

  • Boil sugars, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, raisins, water, and lard for 6 minutes; let cool.
  • Add flour, soda, and nuts.
  • Pour into 9 x 13 pan.
  • Bake 1 hour at 350º.
  • Harriet: Plain with whipped cream or brown sugar frosting.

Notes & Wine Advice

We like it just plain.
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Course; Cake