Boiling Water Cake
1 cupful boiling water
1 cupful sugar
1/2 cupful Crisco
1 egg
1/4 cupful chopped candied citron peel
1 cupful sultana raisins
2-1/2 cupfuls flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1/4 teaspoonfuls grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
Put Crisco and sugar into basin, pour boiling water over them; let stand till cold, then add egg well beaten, sift in flour, salt, baking powder, and nutmeg, add peel, raisins, and lemon extract, and mix well. Turn into greased and floured small square tin and bake in moderate oven half hour. Cool and cover with boiled frosting.
Sufficient for one small cake.