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Ingredients
| light brown sugar (packed): 2 cups |
| water: 1 cup |
| seedless raisins (packed): 1 cup |
| shortening - vegetable: 1/4 cup |
| ground cinnamon: 1 tsp |
| whole nutmeg: 1/4 tsp |
| ground cloves: 1/4 tsp |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 3 cups |
| salt: 1/4 tsp |
| baking powder: 1 tsp |
| baking soda: 1 tsp |
| walnuts (chopped): 1/2 cup (optional) |
War Cake
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Prep Time
20 min -
Cook Time
45 min -
Servings
2 serving(s)
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- Put the first 7 ingredients in a heavy gauge saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Cook gently for 5 minutes and remove from heat and let cool until mixture is comfortably cool to your finger.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
- Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
- Add them to the cooled sugar mixture, beat well.
- Stir in walnuts.
- Bake for 45 minutes or toothpick comes out of center clean.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes and then turn out on plate and cool completely.