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POOR MANS CAKE III



Poor Mans Cake III image

This recipe if from the l930's. My Grandmother gave it to my Mother and she gave it to me. Now I am a grandmother and passed it down to my kids. It's really good. You don't have to dirty your mixer for this one, just a big bowl.

Provided by Jill D

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Fruitcake Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups raisins
2 cups water
¾ cup shortening
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves
3 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
  • In a saucepan mix brown sugar, raisins, water and shortening. Bring to a boil and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. When raisin mixture is cool, add to dry ingredients and mix well to combine.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 or 40 minutes. Do not over bake or it will be too dry. Test after 30 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of cake should come out clean.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 186.4 calories, Carbohydrate 30.9 g, Fat 6.7 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 206.3 mg, Sugar 16.1 g

MAMA'S POOR MAN FRUITCAKE



Mama's Poor Man Fruitcake image

This recipe was my grandmothers'. I normally do not like fruitcake, but this one is not as heavy.

Provided by star pooley

Categories     Sweet Breads

Time 1h25m

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 stick butter or margerine
2 c granulated sugar
2 eggs
4 c all purpose flour
1 tsp ground clove
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp baking soda
1 large bottle maraschino cherries, drained
1 box raisins
5 c water
1 lb walnuts, broken into pieces

Steps:

  • 1. Boil the raisins in water for 15 minutes; Drain, reserving 2 cups of the water.
  • 2. Grease and flour a large tube pan.
  • 3. In a large bowl, stir together flour, cloves, cinnamon and salt.
  • 4. In a medium bowl, cream the eggs, butter and sugar; add 2 cups of the raisin water and mix well.
  • 5. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; mix well.
  • 6. Mix in raisins, cherries, nut and baking soda.
  • 7. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until knife inserted comes out clean; Cool.

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