Best Poor Mans Purim Cake Recipes

POOR MANS CAKE III

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.

POOR MAN'S PURIM CAKE

Steps:

• Place the sugar and the butter together in a food processor with the steel blade and process until creamed.
• Add the eggs and the milk, pulsing after each addition. Then add the flour, baking powder, and the lemon rind, pulsing until a smooth mass is formed.
• Place the dough in a greased and floured 9- by 9-inch square baking pan. Pat down and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 30 minutes. When cool enough to handle, turn out on a rack.
• Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, slice, and serve.

GRAM'S POOR MAN'S CAKE (EGGLESS & MILKLESS)

Steps:

• Bring to a boil the fruit, nuts, extract, salt, sugar, shortening and coffee.
• Continue to cook until raisins swell and liquid becomes syrupy; cool completely.
• Stir together the flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• Add to fruit mixture and combine thoroughly.
• Pour into a greased 10-inch tube pan and bake at 325° about an hour (if heavy with fruit). Check with tester to be sure cake is done.
• Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
• At this point I soak a clean piece of cheesecloth in liquor; brandy, rum, even wine.
• Wrap the cake with the cloth and in foil--store in COLD place--check often, resoak as needed.
• There are no exact measurements for the fruit in this recipe--the original recipe stated "fruits, nuts & peels-whatever you have on hand".
• This was done because it was wartime and things for fancy baking were not always available.

GRANDMA'S POOR MAN'S CAKE

Steps:

• 1. In a large sauce pan boil 1 cup water, add first 6 ingredients, boil together until luke warm, stir. Remove from burner
• 2. In large mixing bowl add all dry ingredients, mix together with fork. Sift into the sauce pan. Mix well.
• 3. Grease or spray a 9x9 baking dish. Pour mixture in dish, and spread evenly.
• 4. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Watch it towards end so it doesn't get too dark. Enjoy! (You might be able to make this gluten free by using a gluten free flour, haven't tried it, but it might work.)

POOR MAN'S CAKE

Steps:

• Boil together all ingredients.
• Add water just enough water to cover raisins.
• Boil until raisins are tender.
• Cool.
• Add 1 t baking soda and enough Unbleached flour to make a stiff batter.
• Pour batter into 9-inch round cake pan.
• Bake in moderate oven until cake springs back when touched lightly (about 1 hour at 350 degrees F).
• Serve warm or cold with cream, custard sauce or powdered sugar frosting.
• Walnuts may be added to batter just before baking.

POOR MAN'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients and pour in ungreased 9 X 13" pan. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees, until pick comes out clean. If desired, top with a swirl of whipped cream.