1 1/2 pounds salt pork 1 quart hot water

2 cups molasses

3 to 4 cups brown sugar 3 1/2 cups corn flour

2 quarts rye flour

2 tbspns. baking powder 4 tablespoons cinnamon 1 tablespoon nutmeg 1 tablespoon cloves 2 teaspoons soda 1 quart raisins

Chop pork very fine; add water, molasses, sugar. Sift dry ingredients together, and add to first mixture. Add raisins which have been mixed with a little of the flour; mix well, and put into long, narrow cake pans which have been oiled and floured. Bake in slow oven an hour, or until done. This cake is better after standing a few days.