A VERY ECONOMICAL GERMAN CLOVE CAKE
Place in a stew-pan the following ingredients:
- 1 cup brown sugar.
- 1 cup cold water.
- 2 cups seeded raisins.
- ⅓ cup sweet lard, or a mixture of lard and butter.
- ¼ grated nutmeg.
- 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon.
- ½ teaspoonful ground cloves.
- Pinch of salt.
Boil all together three minutes. When cold add I teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little hot water. Add about 1¾ cups flour sifted with ½ teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake in a loaf in a moderately hot oven about thirty minutes. This cake is both good and economical, as no butter, eggs or milk are used in its composition. The recipe for making this excellent, cheap cake was bought by Aunt Sarah at a "Cake and Pie" sale. She was given permission to pass it on.
ICING.
- 1 small cup pulverized sugar.
- 2 tablespoonfuls of cocoa.
Mix smooth with a very little boiling water. Spread over cake.
