Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2009

i loved this cake my mom and daughter are both allergic to milk and eggs and its my daughters second birthday and i was able to make her a cake this year that she could eat! I changed a few things...i left out the allspice and put in 1 1/2 tps of cinnamon and instead of raisins i added a cup of apple sauce... it turned out fantastic! Thank you so much stephanie for this recipe!

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Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2009

This cake is absolutely delicious!! I found it while looking for dessert recipes that did not call for milk or eggs, only because I didn't have any in the house. I never knew you could make a cake without these ingredients. I changed it a little because of what I had in the house. I did not have any raisins, and I used ground clove instead of nutmeg and allspice and doubled the cinnamon. I also used butter instead of shortening. This was the most moist and chewy cake I have ever had! My boyfriend never eats cake, he does not like it because he says it is dry; he LOVED this cake!! It tasted like gingerbread! Many of the reviews say how dense it is, so I was nervous and thought it was going to somewhat resemble a moist brick (haha), but I am not sure what they mean, it is a little dense, but also airy like a cake, but soft and CHEWY and OH SO GOOD!! I did have to cook it a little longer than 20mins, but I will definitely be making his again soon!!!!

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Amy

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Home Town: Suffield, Connecticut, USA

Living In: Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 29, 2009

Kathy, thanks so much for posting this! It reminds me of the HOBO bread recipe my Grandma used to make us when i was little. We are allergic to soy, so I used Spectrum (Palm Oil) for the shortening, otherwise followed the recipe to a T. PERFECT! I'm going to try your other ones next. Thanks again!

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Reviewed: Jun. 18, 2009

YUMM! I reduced both the sugar and raisins to 2/3 cup each and used 2 tablespoons of applesauce instead of shortening. I only needed 1 cup of water because more would have made the better too watery. I'm not crazy about nutmeg and I didn't have allspice, so I added cinnamon, ginger and cloves instead. I baked it in a 9x13 pan and I was amazed at how much they tasted like hermits! So now I have a hermit recipe that has virtually no fat. Yay!

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2009

this was pretty darn good! I didn't use much allspice becouse it was the first time I'd used it and I wasn't thrilled with the smell. but it's a great recipe. very moist. I put some cinnamon sugar on top when it came out of the oven. would definitly make again.

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KydaJ

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Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2008

I had been pretty busy this week and hadn't had a chance to go to the store for milk or eggs, but wanted something to eat for breakfast. I found this recipe and decided to make it as a coffee cake type breakfast. I don't like rasins so I didn't add them. I would have loved to have added nuts, but didn't have any(I need to go shopping!). I did add a little bit of rum axtract to the boiled mixture and then sprinkled brown sugar and cinnamon on top before baking. Other than that I followed the recipe. The cake was heavy, but it wasn't dry. The taste was great and it filled me up for sure with my cup of coffee! I will make this cake again.

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Home Town: Moorhead, Minnesota, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2008

I LOVE this cake recipe!! My Grandma is a veagan and I made it for her Birthday. It was Perfect!!! Although it was a little "rubbery".

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Reviewed: May 18, 2008

nice! i expected it to crumble as most eggless cakes do but it held together surprisingly well. i added more cinnamon sugar as don't have nutmeg. it's a little plain on its own so i sliced and sandwiched it with jam and made a frosting using a cream cheese substitute made of tofu. turned out just nice for my cousin, who's allergic to just about everything!

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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2008

Thank you so much. I just spent 20 minutes hunting for a spice cake that won't make my friend can eat.

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Tish Young

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Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2007

This is a wonderful recipe. I didn't have any allspice, so I used ground cloves. I also didn't have raisins, but I wouldn't have used them anyway since my hubby and I do not like them. Cake is flavorful and moist. I served it with vanilla ice cream. Yum!

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Reviewed: Jun. 7, 2007

It was great. I used currants instead of raisins and I topped with with vanilla cream-cheese icing.

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Kristin S.

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Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2007

Not too bad, a good way to make something when there isn't much left in the cupboards.

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Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2007

I made this cake into mini muffins and served them for breakfast. They were excellent!

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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2006

I made this so one of our b-day guests could have cake with us. It is a very heavy, dense cake with a great taste. I increased the spices to 1 tsp. each & added an orange glaze as suggested by another reviewer. Everyone was surprised at how yummy this 'everything free' cake tasted.

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Reviewed: May 26, 2006

Fantastic! I omitted nutmeg and allspice and added instead 1 tsp. of applepie spice. I also added 1 tsp of vanilla. I guess you can totally change this recipe to anything that suits you. Its so moist and yummy. Next time I'm adding brown sugar and cinnamon on top. Definately a keeper.

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Michelle Roe

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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2006

Very good! Very moist and dense cake. Didn't change anything, except double the cinnamon. Also added an orange glaze( icing sugar and orange juice) to the top once it was out of the oven and cooled a bit. I'll definitely make it again!

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Home Town: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2006

I used Craisins instead of raisins plus I added about 2 TBS of chopped walnuts that I had left. I omitted allspice as we didn't have any. I added a tablespoon or two of cocoa so that the cake would be a little chocolatey (but not too much!), and I used margarine instead of shortening. Other than those changes, I followed the recipe... And... It was great! It took longer to cook, more like 30 minutes, but it's a nice change! ESPECIALLY with the cocoa. I really enjoyed the spices and cocoa together. My daughter is eating some with ice cream right now. Thanks, Kathy, your recipe is awesome!

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Home Town: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Boise, Idaho, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2005

One of my favorite recipes. I subsituted the allspice for cloves and doubled all of the spices to a teaspoon. I also subsituted the shortening for margarine and the the raisins for walnuts. Very good!

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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2005

I give this a middle of the road rating because my family was split on the cake. The kids loved it! Plain and simple, they could've ate the whole cake themselves. As for my husband and I, we found it to be much too heavy for our liking. I also had to add 10 extra minutes of baking just to get the center cooked completely. The taste was fine but the texture was very poor.

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Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2003

I can't believe this actually tasted really good, my spices were stale so I tripled the spices. My husband is very picky and he actually said it wasn't bad.!!!!!

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