Boiled Cake Poor Mans Fruitcake Recipes

MAMA'S POOR MAN FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• 1. Boil the raisins in water for 15 minutes; Drain, reserving 2 cups of the water.
• 2. Grease and flour a large tube pan.
• 3. In a large bowl, stir together flour, cloves, cinnamon and salt.
• 4. In a medium bowl, cream the eggs, butter and sugar; add 2 cups of the raisin water and mix well.
• 5. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; mix well.
• 6. Mix in raisins, cherries, nut and baking soda.
• 7. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until knife inserted comes out clean; Cool.

POOR MANS CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a saucepan mix brown sugar, raisins, water and shortening. Bring to a boil and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. When raisin mixture is cool, add to dry ingredients and mix well to combine.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 or 40 minutes. Do not over bake or it will be too dry. Test after 30 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of cake should come out clean.

BOILED CAKE ( POOR MAN'S FRUITCAKE)

Steps:

• Boil sugar, shortening, raisins, salt, and water (do not boil dates). Add dry ingredients, dates and walnuts to the boiled mixture. Bake at 325* in (2) 8"x8"x2" pans or in (1) 13"x9"x2" pan for 60-75 minutes. Allow to cool and divide into 4 "loaves". Wrap well and store. Serve sliced and plain or with hard sauce. This cake will stay moist for many months, but keeps best when moistened with rum or brandy.