Sunday, November 16, 2008

Vintage Recipe: Spice Cake


Here is a fun vintage recipe for a spice cake fit for the Thanksgiving feast. Now directions are to bake in a moderate oven, which I usually set at 325 degrees.

Spice Cake
From an 1891 cookbook, cooking directions are cook in bread tins in moderate oven

1½ cups sugar
½ cup butter
½ cup sour milk
2 cups raisins, chopped
½ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves, ground
1 tsp baking
soda

Mix all ingredients and bake in loaf tins in moderate oven

Servings: 24
Yield: 2 loaves

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