Recipe: One Egg Cake and Spice Cake Variation (1943)

ONE EGG CAKE AND SPICE CAKE VARIATION

FOR ONE EGG CAKE:
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla flavoring
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk

FOR SPICE CAKE:
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 cup raisins dredged in 2 tbsp. of the flour

FOR THE ONE EGG CAKE:
Cream shortening and sugar. Add unbeaten egg. Add flavoring. Beat thoroughly.

Sift flour, measure, and sift with salt and baking-powder. Add alternately with milk to creamed shortening and sugar. Pour into well-oiled loaf pan.

Bake in moderate oven 375 degrees F for 35 minutes.

FOR THE SPICE CAKE:
Prepare the one egg cake batter and add the cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and raisins dredged in 2 tbsp. of the flour. Pour into well-oiled loaf pan and bake in moderate oven 375 degrees F for 35 minutes...

Source: Searchlight Recipe Book 1931, 1937 by Arthur Cooper
The Household Magazine, 1943