Grandma taught me how to make this cake from a very young age she wanted me to appreciate how treats don't have to be over the top or need special ingredients. She used oleo (margerine) instead of bacon grease and she also added a teaspoon of nutmeg. Whenever I make this I feel like I'm in the kitchen with Grandma all over again. This makes great muffins.
Grandma taught me how to make this cake from a very young age she wanted me to appreciate how treats don't have to be over the top or need special ingredients. She used oleo (margerine) instead of bacon grease and she also added a teaspoon of nutmeg. Whenever I make this I feel like I'm in the kitchen with Grandma all over again. This makes great muffins.
My family makes this with shortening and bakes it in a bundt style pan. Then we serve it with caramel icing. My mom still makes it for my birthdays. Thanks for sharing.
My Mother made this for years. She called it "Poor man's fruitcake". Thank you for posting this and letting me carry on a family tradition at Christmas.
I more than doubled the amount of bacon grease and just made it in the dirty cast iron pan right after breakfast. threw in random dried fruits and some walnuts and baked it in the pan. came out fantastic! and my pan was clean afterwards as well! This is the true way of doing a depression cake like grandma did using 1/2 the bacon grease in the pan (you save the rest for later) so that grandpa has a hefty sliceto take with him for lunch to give him an additional 900 calories to make it to the end of the day in the coal mines.
I made this last night for my family and even my 2 year old LOVED it! We absolutely devoured a full loaf after dinner. Now I had to change it a little because of what I had on hand at the time. I only had 1 cup of raisins;-(. So I added a frozen mix of fruits that included cherries strawberries blueberries and black currents. It turned out splendidly thank you so much for an amazing recipe that I will be making on a regular basis now!
This is a great recipe. I did substitute cinnamon applesauce for the bacon grease and it turned out wonderful. I gave some to my Mom and she absolutely loved it! I also love that it doesn't require milk eggs or butter. As someone who doesn't have a lot of money and can't afford to always have those ingredients this will be one of my top recipes for sure!
Great cake! My kids love it! I increased the fat content. I used 3/4 cup of canola oil and it brought a lot of softness to the crumb and crust. Made it for a vegan friend and she loved it.
This is a good cake i used prunes it was great. I will make this again.
