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Home Front Letters: Merrybell Seeber

Thanks to Merrybell Seeber, from Delavan Wis., for this little solution to the high-priced ingredients of desserts today.

War-Time Cake (Eggless, Milkless, Butterless)

Mix in a saucepan:

1 cup of brown sugar
1 3/4 cups of water
1/3 cup of lard or other shortening
2 cups of seeded raisins
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of cloves

Boil for 8 minutes and cool. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of soda, dissolved in 2 teaspoons of water. Blend in 2 cups of sifted flour, mixed with 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Pour into a greased and floured 8-inch square pan. Bake about 50 minutes in a slow oven (325 deg.) Delicious served plain.

Thanks to Mrs. Ethel Yant of Delavan for this recipe from the Delavan Community Cookbook.

We may have to revise similar recipes to eat well in this era of high-priced gasoline and groceries. Instead of ration coupons, which had to last a full month, we’ll have a grocery “budget” that will have to last a full month.

If you remember any “war-time recipes,” let us know.

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