Articles in this Topic Discussions in this Topic

Use It All; Wear It Out; Make It Do; or Go Without! - Page 3

Page 3

Sep 29, 1999

Winn-Smith's recipe for an eggless, butterless spice cake is quite good.

Basic Spice Cake

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup water

1/3 cup shortening

2 cups seeded raisins

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon each: nutmeg, allspice and cloves

2 cups cake or pastry flour, sifted

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Boil the sugar, water, shortening, raisins, spices and salt together for 3 minutes, stirring continually. Cool. Sift flour, soda and baking powder together and gradually stir into batter, beating well. Bake in a greased cake pan in a slow oven (300 to 325 degrees F), for about 1 hour. This is a delicious cake and will keep well.

Note: This article first appeared in the September/October 1994 issue of Michigan History Magazine.

Go To Page: 1 2 3

The copyright of the article Use It All; Wear It Out; Make It Do; or Go Without! - Page 3 in Culinary History is owned by . Permission to republish Use It All; Wear It Out; Make It Do; or Go Without! - Page 3 in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.

Email Article

View All Articles

Here's the follow-up discussion on this article:

View all related messages

4. Dec 24, 2001 7:33 AM
Thank you so much for preserving this recipe!

I have fond memories of helping my grandmother make this cake as a child in the 1940's. Mom was one of those cooks who never wrote anything down, an ...

-- posted by BrigadoonDays

3. Oct 14, 1999 7:54 AM
Very informative Carey!

You have been blessed with a way with words. I enjoy all your articles. I'm glad to be writing in the same section as you.

You're simply marvellous! ...

-- posted by android

2. Oct 4, 1999 7:34 AM
Thanks again for the kind words. When my article on food rationing first appeared in Michigan History Magazine, it was accompanied by scads of remembrances from many of our readers, who talked about e ...

-- posted by cdrawriter

1. Sep 29, 1999 2:36 PM
Hi Carey
I enjoyed your article.

It is fun to look back on the past. It seems to me that for many families rationing started in the depression years of the 30s. In the 30s there were products to ...

-- posted by barrie

For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to Carey Draeger's Culinary History topic, please visit the Discussions page.