Butterless Eggless Milkless Fruit Cake

Butterless Eggless Milkless Fruit Cake

1 cup sugar (brown or white)

1 cup water

1 cup raisins

½ cup lard or shortening

2 teaspoons cinnamon

¼ teaspoon cloves

¼ teaspoon ginger

candied citron if you like

1 teaspoon salt

Boil these ingredients from 3 to 5 minutes; cool. (Do not boil the citron)

Then add 1 teaspoon baking soda that’s been dissolved in hot water and 1 ½ cups flour, which has been sifted. Add ½ teaspoon salt to the flour before sifting.

Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes in a loaf pan that’s lined with greased wax paper.

Source: Heritage Cooking Bicentennial Cookbook, Urbana, Ohio, 1976