CANADIAN WAR CAKE (WW I) RECIPE - (4.3/5)
Provided by MJH
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10 ¼ X 3 ⅝-inch loaf pan. Combine raisins, butter, brown sugar, spices and water in a heavy saucepan. Place on high heat and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 6 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer raisin mixture into a large bowl. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile combine flour, salt and baking soda and mix gently. When the raisin mixture cools, add the dry ingredients, orange juice and vanilla. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan to cool completely on wire rack. Let cake sit at least one day before slicing. Frosting: Bring all ingredients to boil until forms a soft ball and remove from heat. Beat with mixer until it is thick enough to spread.
WW2 WAR CAKE
An eggless, almost fatless, milkless cake, very aptly named - it was popular during wartime shortages. It is dense and delicious uniced. For those who yearn for a good cake, but must resist fat, this will do it.
Provided by Naomi Schoenfeld
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place the brown sugar, water, raisins.
- oil, cinnamon, and cloves in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Cook gently for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat and let cool until the mixture is comfortably warm to your finger.
- While the mixture is cooling, preheat t he oven to 350F.
- Grease and flour an 8x4-inch baking pan.
- Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Add them to the cooled sugar mixture, beating until no drifts of flour are visible and the batter is smooth.
- Stir in the walnuts.
- Spread evenly in the baking pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a broomstraw inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto a rack to cool completely.
- Notes: For a good glaze, even if it is a 90's addition, save back a bit of the hot spiced water.
- Mix with confectioner's sugar, a drop of vanilla, and a pinch salt. Glaze the cake while hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 172.4, Fat 4.5, SaturatedFat 0.5, Sodium 137.7, Carbohydrate 32.3, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 20.1, Protein 2.2
MARITIME WAR CAKE
This eggless cake was developed by resourceful cooks during the war when eggs, butter, and milk were rationed. It is a traditional Christmas cake here on the East Coast of Canada. Served with a nice big hunk of Cheddar cheese and a hot cup of tea, it is a real holiday treat!
Provided by Linda S.
Categories Desserts Cakes Holiday Cake Recipes
Time 1h50m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 8
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 220.9 calories, Carbohydrate 41.6 g, Fat 5.9 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 59.9 mg, Sugar 24.1 g
WAR CAKE
Steps:
- Combine raisins, brown sugar, water, lard, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a 2-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool to room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch tube pan. Stir together flour and baking soda. Fold dry ingredients into cooled raisin mixture. Spoon into greased pan and bake 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 5 minutes in pan, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
CANADIAN WAR CAKE
This is a family recipe passed from my dad's mother to my mom when my parents were married. Recently, it was passed to me. It is a Christmas time favorite.
Provided by Nancy Carver
Categories Cakes
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- 1. Mix together sugar, margarine, spices, and raisins in hot water. Let boil for 5 minutes. Cool. Add four and mix well. Bake in 3 greased layer pans lined with wax paper. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.
- 2. For Icing: Cook until waxy. Beat until cold. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake.
BOILED RAISIN CAKE
This recipe was in a box of loose recipes I'd cut out of magazines and newspapers. I'm posting it here so it won't get lost. See NOTE at bottom of recipe if you don't have pastry flour. UPDATE-- Made this today. It didn't rise much, maybe it's not supposed too. I did use pastry flour. The flavor is wonderful. I dropped the salt down to 1/2 teaspoon, and used butter instead of shortening. There's less than 1/2 left it was so tasty.
Provided by Dorel
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In saucepan. place raisins, brown sugar, hot water, shortening, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
- Bring mixture to boiling point, cover and let simmer for 6 minutes.
- Cool to lukewarm and add vanilla.
- Add soda to flour and mix.
- Combine flour and raisin mixture well.
- Bake in buttered 9X5" loaf pan in 325° oven for 1-1 1/4 hours. Cool in pan.
- This cake improves with keeping.
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- NOTE--It can be a challenge to find pastry flour. Even well-stocked supermarkets seldom carry more varieties than cake flour, all-purpose flour (9% to 12% protein), and bread flour. If you can't find pastry flour, you can mix your own by combining cake flour and all-purpose flour in a ratio somewhere between two parts cake flour to one part all-purpose and one part cake flour to one part all-purpose.
WAR CAKE
This is a recipe my mother gave me. It was typical of the types of cakes baked during the war when shortages and rationing was in effect. It is moist and delicious. Mother always made it at Christmas time and we thought it was a real treat. Posted in response to a request.
Provided by MarieRynr
Categories Dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Put the first 7 ingredients in a heavy gauge saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Cook gently for 5 minutes and remove from heat and let cool until mixture is comfortably cool to your finger.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
- Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
- Add them to the cooled sugar mixture, beat well.
- Stir in walnuts.
- Bake for 45 minutes or toothpick comes out of center clean.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes and then turn out on plate and cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1968.6, Fat 28, SaturatedFat 7.8, Sodium 1179.2, Carbohydrate 418.2, Fiber 8.6, Sugar 257, Protein 21.9
BOILED RAISIN CAKE I
This cake doesn't need frosting or icing. It is easy for kids to make, and is hard to mess up.
Provided by Marcie Smith
Categories Desserts Cakes Sheet Cake Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Boil raisins in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Add vegetable oil and cold water to the raisins.
- Mix sugar, flour, spices, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- Add the raisin mixture, and stir till just mixed.
- Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch baking pan, and bake for one hour in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven. It is done if a toothpick comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 436.3 calories, Carbohydrate 84.6 g, Fat 9.8 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 205.8 mg, Sugar 47.8 g
BOILED RAISIN CAKE
Categories Cake Fruit Dessert Bake Christmas Quick & Easy Currant Orange Raisin Fall Winter Nutmeg Boil Gourmet Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 16
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Gently boil coffee, raisins, currants, orange peel, sugars, nutmeg, and butter over moderate heat, uncovered, in a 3-quart heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Cool mixture to room temperature, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.
- Put a small roasting pan filled halfway with hot water on rack in lowest position in oven (to provide moisture during baking). Put remaining oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter tube pan.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl, then stir into raisin mixture until combined well. Spoon batter into tube pan and smooth top. Bake in middle of oven until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Cool cake completely in pan on a rack, about 2 1/2 hours, then turn out onto a serving plate.
- *Available at chefshop.com.
WAR CAKE
War Cake uses ingredients that were available to the average household during World War II. Great served with whipped topping!
Provided by Stephanie
Categories Desserts Cakes Spice Cake Recipes
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 11
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. .
Nutrition Facts : Calories 220 calories, Carbohydrate 35.7 g, Fat 8.3 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 224.1 mg, Sugar 16.9 g
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