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Spanish Bar Cake

merlin93 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:37:47 GMT

This cake was sold at A&P stores when I was growing up. It was, a spice -type cake---dark with raisins---topped with a cream cheese like frosting in a bar shape.

Delicious. Whenever my mom sent me to the store I would buy it---she was not pleased.

A& P closed in my area years ago but I think it was not available years before stores closed

Re: Spanish Bar Cake

Helen852 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:41:35 GMT

there's a small grocery store in this area that still sells it and it's actually homemade by their in-store bakery. It puts me in mind of a carrot cake with molasses. But it's very tasty.

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Neetgal2 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:43:09 GMT

Google this, there are several versions out there if you want to bake it. We went

to A & P but I do not remember my grandmother or mom buying this.

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Travone — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:02:33 GMT

I worked at A&P when I was in high school. I do remember these cakes, they were very good.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:05:37 GMT

I don't remember this cake so my mom apparently never bought it. It must have been popular, however, as there was another recent post about it.

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Nightowlz — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:34:44 GMT

Here's a thread where they were talking about it 3 wks ago if you want to check it out in Recipes.

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Spanish-Bar-Cake/m-p/6604102#M142744

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:41:15 GMT

I remember my mom buying this sometimes, I think my dad liked it. It was an easy pass for me as I hate raisins.

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Gorgf — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:53:17 GMT

Thankyou. I dont have anyone to make this for at the time. I had a Jane Parker ,A&P cookbook years ago. We had two stores in our small town. A&P and a Cooperative Grocery store. There were two Mom and pop Groceries left also. I can recall only apples, oranges, and grapefruit to sell in the Wintertime.

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Foxxee — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:55:14 GMT

@merlin93

I think this is it at the link below, but at $35 for 18 oz, I would make it myself.

Jane Parker Spanish Bar Cake|Spanish Bar Spice Cake

Here is a recipe supposedly from someone who worked for Jane Parker at one time.

Need to scroll down fairly far to see it.

Spanish Bar Cake. A real old fashioned market bakery fave! Rock Recipes

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mac116 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:16:22 GMT

I loved it as a kid! I am a good cook, but not so great at baking. Might just try to make it this year.

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queendiva — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:19:46 GMT

So good! My dad was the primary grocery shopper and would buy the cakes when they were on sale.

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noodleann — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:22:22 GMT

I remember seeing it in the store. My mother made something like it, so we never had the bought version.

A supermarket in my area makes a lighter version of the cake, with cream cheese frosting. They call it Italian Wedding Cake. It's so good.

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skatting44 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:40:35 GMT

Wow, I do remember these from A & P store. The cake is very similar in recipe to my GrandMother's poorman's cake. She used to add Molasses to the recipe .She said it was made alot during the Depression . Below is a link to a recipe

https://newengland.com/today/food/desserts/cakes-frostings/poor-mans-cake/

Re: Spanish Bar Cake

AngelPuppy1 — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:52:36 GMT

I remember this cake very fondly! It was my dear father's favorite cake! When he and my mother used to go food shopping on their pay day, they would shop at the Acme food store. My father always and I mean, always, picked up the Spanish Bar Cake! I can still see it, smell it and taste it! I wish they still sold it today! I remember him cutting a thin slice of it to have with his coffee, and a big smile on his face!

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BLH — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 16:00:27 GMT

I also remember spanish bar sold at the A&P. My local grocery store bakery makes it and it is so good.

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colliemom4 — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 20:46:50 GMT

It certainly sounds familiar.