War Cake uses ingredients that were available to the average household during World War II. Great served with whipped topping!
Ingredients
- packed brown sugar: 1 cup
- ¼ cups water: 1 piece
- raisins: 1 cup
- walnuts: 1 cup (chopped)
- candied citron: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- shortening: 0.33333 cup
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 1 tsp
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- all-purpose flour: 2 cups
- baking powder: 5 tsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
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In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar and water. Add raisins, nuts, candied citron, shortening, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon; bring to a boil and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
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Sift in flour and baking powder; stir until well blended. Pour into prepared pan.
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Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Leave in pan and cut into squares. .
