With sour cream and raisins.
From the box of A.D. from Lutz, Florida, by way of Pennsylvania in the 1940s, and originating in Ohio in the 1920s.
Yule Cake
[Ingredients:
1 cup water
2 cups raisins
1 cup shredded candied citron peel
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. molasses
1/2 c. sour cream
2 eggs, beaten
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda]
Into a saucepan put 1 cup water, 2 cups raisins, 1 cup shredded candied citron peel and cook 10 minutes.
Cream 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, add 2 Tbsp. molasses, 1/2 c. sour cream, 2 well-beaten eggs, 2 c. flour, 1/2 tsp. salt.
1 tsp. each nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon.
1 tsp. baking soda, stir in fruit boiling hot.
Bake in moderate oven 1 hour.