Dessert Recipes: Recipe for Old-Fashioned Pork Cake

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Old-Fashioned Pork Cake

From Shari's collection of old-fashioned recipes, this easy recipe is over 160 years old, and shows no fear of pork fat.

1 pound all fat salt pork

1 pint boiling water

4 cups sugar

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon soda

1 egg, well beaten

1/2 cup molasses

6 cups flour

1 pound raisins

Method

Put pork through food grinder; pour boiling water over pork. Let stand until lukewarm. Stir in sugar, spices, soda, egg and molasses.

Sift flour before measuring. Add flour and raisins to pork mixture, stirring until well blended.

Pour into well greased loaf pans. Bake in preheated 300F oven for 2 hours or until done. This cake may be eaten as soon as baked and cooled and is especially good for outdoor meals and picnics.

Contributor: shari dewey

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