1917 War Cake Recipes

WAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• 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.
• Sift in flour and baking powder; stir until well blended. Pour into prepared pan.
• 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. .

WORLD WAR I CAKE 1914-1918

Steps:

• In a medium size saucepan, mix the sugar, water, cinnamon, cloves, salt, shortening and raisins. Boil over medium heat 5 minutes. Set the saucepan away from the stove and let the mixture cool off for 50 minutes or so. Place the saucepan in the the large mixing bowl filled with ice to cool the mixture off quickly.
• Heat the oven up to 350F. Grease a baking dish (tube pan or sheet pan). Add the flour, baking powder and baking soda to the liquid mixture. Stir well. Pour the batter into the baking dish and bake for 1 hour in a tube pan or 30 minutes in a sheet pan. Do not open the oven for the first 20 minutes of baking. Check on the cake doneness with a knife or a toothpick (if it comes out clean, the cake is ready). Let the baked cake sit in the pan for at least 15 minutes before slicing. Sprinkle the cake top with the powdered sugar mixed with the ground cinnamon, if desired.

MARITIME WAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a round tube pan or two loaf pans.
• Bring water, raisins, molasses, sugar, and shortening to a boil in a saucepan; reduce heat to low and simmer until raisins are plump, about 5 minutes. Allow to cool.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into raisin mixture until well combined; pour into prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

1917 WAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F
• Put first 6 ingredients in saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes after reaching boiling point. Add Crisco.
• When cool add soda dissolved in a little hot water. Add flour and baking powder. Stir.
• Pour into greased tube pan. Bake for 1 hour at 325°F.