World War I Cake 1914 1918 Recipes

CANADIAN WAR CAKE

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a large pot.
• Add pecans.
• Add butter.
• Add ginger.
• Add cinnamon.
• Add brown sugar.
• Add nutmeg.
• Add allspice.
• Add raisins.
• Stir well, let boil for 5 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat and allow mixture to completely cool. (cooling is very important)
• Add baking soda.
• Add ½ cup water.
• Add flour, a little at a time, stirring to combine as you go. Do not overmix.
• Grease and lightly flour 2 - 9inch cake pans.
• Pour batter into pans, dividing equally between both pans.
• Bake in preheated oven, at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes, or until done. Test with a toothpick or knife.
• Remove cake layers from oven, place on a wire rack, let cool 10 minutes.
• Run a butter knife around the inside of the pan to separate the layer from the edge of the pan.
• Turn layers out of baking pans, let cool completely before icing on the wire racks.

WORLD WAR 1 CAKE

Steps:

• 1. A note from my mother, she sent to the newspaper. "In a long forgotten era, when I was 6 years old, first-grader at the Alexander Hamilton school in Chicago, wearing long brown stockings- (atop of the long underwear) - beginning each mroning with the "Pledge of Alliegiance" and "The Star Spangled Banner" - adhering to the phrase (thank God) of "Children should be seen and not heard" -the days of a fun evening was sitting around the big oak dining room under what is now called a Tiffany lamp with all of the family cracking and eating walnuts while the soft snow fell noiselessly to the ground..and my Mother knitted socks "for the boys in the trenches..we ate my mother's luscious "War Cake"..and here is that cake recipe."
• 2. Boil the brown sugar with the raisins, cinnamon, ground cloves, butter and water for 3 mintues and cool.
• 3. When mixture is cool add the flour, baking powder and the baking soda with the water. Mix well and bake in a greased loaf pan. 325* or 350* until sides come away from pan slightly. Prick with a toothpick for doneness. Now we all know folks use to use a piece of broom straw to do this with. Well maybe your not that old..but I remember my Grandma and Mom doing this.
• 4. Thank God times have changed to a point..were Children are not only heard, but they are seen. Things changed with my Grandmother and my Mom when my kids where born. There were times when I was kid, it would have been easier to have been brought up by Carmelite Nuns in a Monastery. It really was a Tiffany lamp. A gift from my Grandfather to the woman he loved for 56 years. The receipt was found after my grandfather had passed away.

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. .