Easy recipe for spice cake

Spice up your life, New Jersey.

Long before there was nj1015.com, some of the biggest radio stations put out monthly fan magazines.

I found this recipe in a radio station "fanzine" from the...1930s.

This easy spice cake makes for a great dessert, or snack.

Let's get started:

1 C sugar

1/2 C butter

1 C cold water

1 C raisins

1/2 C walnuts (I added some almonds)

1 t cinnamon

1/2 t allspice

1/2 t cloves

1/2 t salt

Put all the above ingredients in a pan, over medium heat.

While stirring, bring to a boil...and then let it boil for a minute.

Set the boiled ingredients aside, and let cool.

While the above ingredients are cooling for a few minutes, sift 2 C flour with 1 t baking soda, and set these dry ingredients aside.

Stir/mix by hand...

...no electric mixer needed (or wanted).

As you see above, the spice cake batter is thick.

"Pour" batter into a greased 8 X 8 pan

Bake 350/40 minutes. Oven temperature and baking time may vary.

Check with a toothpick, til it comes out clean.

The original recipe says that frosting is an option...this spice cake is moist and sweet on it's own. I think "vanilla" frosting would be overkill.

I do think that whipped cream or vanilla ice cream would be good.

I enjoyed this spice cake "as is," along with a cup of milk...a cup of tea is good, too.

Whether this moist spice cake is a dessert, or a snack...it won't last, guaranteed.

And, if you have a nut allergy, you know what ingredient to omit.

Enjoy.