EGGLESS CAKE
**This recipe may also be known as Victory Cake or War Cake.
***During and after WWII eggs and white sugar were difficult to come by, so this cake was typically made with brown sugar.
makes 1 loaf
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar (white or brown)
1 cup sour milk (stir in 1 TBSP lemon juice or vinegar to regular milk to make it sour)
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp nutmeg
Cream shortening and sugar. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Add sifted mixture and sour milk alternately to creamed mixture. Bake in a prepared loaf pan at 375 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
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