This section is from the book "More Recipes For Fifty", by Frances Lowe Smith. Also available from Amazon: More Recipes For Fifty.
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.
 
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