This is from Come 'n Get It - Favorite Ranch recipes cookbook.

Sheep Wagon Cake

In the early 1900s thousands of sheep were pastured on the hills north of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. They were tended by sheep herders who lived from May to October sleeping, eating and carrying their belongings in a canvas-covered wagon called a "sheep wagon".
This old recipe probably received its name because it was made by the sheep herders. It is a heavy loaf cake that keeps well for a long time.

1 1/3 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 Tbsp butter
1 1/2 cups grated carrots
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp cloves
1 1/3 cups water
1 cup walnuts, chopped
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt

Combine first 8 ingredients ina saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool. the flavor improves if you leave the mixture for several hours, or even overnight.
Add the walnuts to the cooled mixture. Then add the sifted flour, baking powder baking soda, and salt. Pour into two buttered 9x5 inch loaf pans or one 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 275°F for 2 hours. Cool, wrap and store.

Sounds yummy to me. Thanks.

Thanks Margret, sounds yummie!!

Don't you just love the names of some of the vintage recipes. Its amazing how they thought of some of these names. Thanks for sharing that little bit of history - love it. :hurray:

I shared that more for reading. lol It sounds like this cake would sit like a brick in your stomach, doesn't it? Anyone else like reading recipes, particularly old ones?

Guess it was like a heavy duty carrot cake - one that would stick with you. The names of those old recipes are sometimes hilarious themselves. Really makes you wonder..... maybe the sheep liked it too.

I was worried when I first saw this title, it doesn't sound to bad.

I think you're right Pat, maybe Sheep liked it too. :)

Bump :Bolt:

I wondered at first what the ingredients might be lol. I love the history :)