Recipe - Eggless Spice Cake Aka War Cake (Ww2)

1 cup Seedless raisins or currants
One half cup Brown sugar
One half cup Corn syrup
1 cup Boiling water
1/3 cup Melted fat
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 cup Sifted allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Baking powder

From: christi@lexisnexis.com (Christi Wilson)

Date: 23 Oct 1995 13:13:02 0500
Combine raisins or currants, sugar, corn syrup, boiling water, melted fat,
salt and spices in a saucepan. Place over moderate heat and simmer gently
for 5 minutes. Cool. Add sifted flour, baking soda and baking powder; mix
thoroughly and turn into a greased 9x5x3" loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Note: This cake is deliciously moist and does not require icing, but if you
want to ice the cake, simply beat 1 egg white until frothy. Slowly beat
into the egg white One half cup of boiling corn syrup. Beat until stiff peaks
form. Whip in One half teaspoon vanilla extract and ice the cake immediately.

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