Spanish Bar Cake

merlin93 · ‎03-10-2010

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

Helen852 · ‎03-11-2010

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.

Helen852

Neetgal2 · ‎02-12-2016

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.

Travone · ‎10-14-2016

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

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

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 · ‎03-11-2010

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

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

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 · ‎03-10-2010

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.