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Stir the flour and baking soda into the cooled raisin mixture and mix until just combined and flour is mostly incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 30 minutes for a 9 x 13-inch pan or until the top of the cake is just firm to the touch. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Traditionally served un-frosted.
It’s a vintage cake recipe created during the Depression Era during the 1930s. The “poor man” refers to the ingredients; no butter, milk, nor eggs needed! Clearly, this doesn’t seem to affect the taste because it’s the best cake ever!
In a medium sauce pan, cook raisins and shortening in 2 cups water for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Do not drain the water. Once cooled, add sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg. Stir until combined. Stir in 2 cups of flour until combined.
Preheat oven to 350° and spray two 9 x 5 baking pans or a 13 x 9 baking dish with non stick spray. Set aside. In a medium sauce pan, cook raisins and shortening in 2 cups water for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Do not drain the water. Once cooled, add sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg. Stir until combined.
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