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Classic Carrot Cake  
Sara Mueller  
2
cups light brown sugar  
cup applesauce  
cup buttermilk  
cup honey  
½ teaspoon salt  
1 teaspoon baking soda  
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind  
2 cups finely grated carrots  
½ cup raisins  
½
½
¼
3
eggs  
2
cups flour  
½ cup chopped walnuts  
1
½ teaspoons cinnamon  
Preheat oven to 350º. Butter and lightly flour two 8-inch cake pans. Mix sugar, applesauce,  
buttermilk, honey, and eggs in large bowl of mixer. Beat until light. Sift together flour,  
cinnamon, salt, and baking soda. Add gradually to liquid mixture. Stir in lemon rind, carrots,  
raisins, and nuts. Pour into prepared pans. Bake 30-35 minutes. The sides should begin to  
pull away and the center will spring back when lightly pressed. Turn onto a rack and cool.  
Serves 12. Per 4½ ounce serving: 320 calories, 5.1 grams protein, 67 grams carbohydrates, 4.7  
grams fat. 76 fewer fat calories per serving than traditional carrot cake made with oil.  
Minnie's Boiled Spice Cake  
Alice Sullivan & Harriet Stanley--Minnie Stanley's recipe  
1
1
1
1
1
½
2
cup brown sugar  
cup white sugar  
teaspoon cinnamon  
teaspoon cloves  
teaspoon nutmeg  
teaspoon salt  
2 ½ cups water  
1 cup lard (lard is in original recipe but you  
can use other shortening--Harriet)  
4 cups flour  
1 heaping teaspoon soda dissolved in a little  
hot water  
cups raisins  
½ cup nuts (or more), if desired  
Boil sugars, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, raisins, water, and lard for 6 minutes; let cool.  
Add flour, soda, and nuts. Pour into 9 x 13 pan. Bake 1 hour at 350º. Harriet: Plain with  
whipped cream or brown sugar frosting. We like it just plain.  
Boiled Cake  
Olive Jacobson--recipe from her mom, Gladys Nelson  
1
1
1
1
1
1
cup white sugar  
cup brown sugar  
teaspoon salt  
teaspoon cinnamon  
teaspoon nutmeg  
teaspoon cloves  
1 cup lard (I use vegetable oil.)  
3 cups water  
1 cup raisins  
4 cups flour  
1 teaspoon soda dissolved in a little warm  
water  
Cook sugars, salt, spices, lard, water, and raisins for 7 minutes. Add flour, and soda. Bake.  
Frosting: 1 cup brown sugar, 3 teaspoons white sugar. Boil in a little cream and a little piece of  
butter.  
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