Recipe - Rich Raisin Cake

1 pound Raisins
Water
1 cup Sugar
Vinegar
Cornstarch
Three fourths cup Lard
1 Three fourths cup Oatmeal
1 Three fourths cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
pn Salt
1 cup Brown sugar

Cook raisins till soft in water. Add 1 cup sugar or enough to sweeten. Add
a little vinegar to taste and thicken with cornstarch mixed with a little
water to make a paste. Mix shortening, baking soda, salt, brown sugar and
flour like you do for pie crust. Grease pan and put crumbs in bottom. Pour
on raisin mixture, put rest of crumbs on top. Bake in a quick oven. Serve
with ice cream or whipped cream.

Many of the recipes in this collection did not contain amounts or oven
temperatures. I have typed them in as they appear in the book, typos and
all.

Depression Era Recipes Patricia R. Wagner ISBN 0934860556 Entered by
Carolyn Shaw 595
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #190

Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 10:10:22 0500

From: pickell@cyberspc.mb.ca (S.Pickell)