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Poor Man's Cake

2 cups brown sugar ½ pound lard 1 teaspoon (scant) salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup currants 1½ cups water 3½ cups Five Roses flour Bake 50 minutes in moderate oven.