• One and one-half cups of brown sugar,
• Nine tablespoons of shortening,
• One egg,
• One cup of sour milk,
• One teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in the milk,
• Two teaspoons of cinnamon,
• One teaspoon of ginger,
• One-half teaspoon of allspice,
• One-half teaspoon of cloves,
• Five tablespoons of cocoa,
• Three and one-half cups of sifted flour,
• One level tablespoon of baking powder,
• One-half cup of chopped nuts,
• One-half package of seedless raisins.

Beat to mix and then bake in well-greased and floured loaf-shaped pans in moderate oven for forty minutes. Ice with chocolate ICING made as follows:

• One cup of sugar,
• Six tablespoons cocoa,
• One tablespoon of cornstarch.

Sift to mix and then add just sufficient boiling water to make a mixture that will spread.

Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (Year 1918)
by C. Houston Goudiss and Alberta M. Goudiss