Family Recipe Friday: Fruit Truck

Today's recipes come from the 1962 cookbook of the Women's Guild of the Salamonia, Indiana United Church of Christ of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed).

FRUIT TRUCK                                          Pearl LeMaster

Wash 1 lb. raisins: Stew in 2 c. water for 15 min.  Add 1 c. cold water, 1/2 c. lard, 2 c. sugar, 1 tsp. cloves, 1 tsp. nutmeg, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. soda, 1/4 c. flour.  Beat mixture, add 1 tsp. vanilla.  This makes a very large and also economical cake.  Bake 30 minutes in moderate oven and cover with caramel icing.

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Pearl (SMITH) LeMASTER was my paternal grandaunt, the wife of Gerald Walker LeMASTER.  Pearl was born April 23, 1894 in Jay County, Indiana, the daughter of Samuel E. and Mary E. (BIBLER) SMITH.

Family Recipe Friday – is an opportunity to share your family recipes with fellow bloggers and foodies alike. Whether it’s an old-fashioned recipe passed down through generations, a recipe uncovered through your family history research, or a discovered recipe that embraces your ancestral heritage share them on Family Recipe Friday. This series was suggested by Lynn Palermo of The Armchair Genealogist.