Spice Cake

Submitted by Charlotte J

"This recipe is from Mrs. Selma Hiller, from the cookbook "Heritage of Cooking" A Collection of Recipes from East Perry County, Missouri. To find out more about this cookbook read the description from the first recipe I posted from it Recipe #38782"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 8-12

ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 cup lard or 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup sour milk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda (dissolved in sour milk)
• 2 cups flour

directions

1. Sift flour with spices.
2. Cream lard and sugar.
3. Add sour milk alternately with flour to the creamed mixture.
4. Prepare pans.
5. Bake in 13 x 4-1/2" loaf pan for 60 minutes at 350 degrees.
6. (Or two regular loaf pans I think would work.).