Retha Hester's Poverty Cake Recipe

Retha (Roosa) Hester (1918-2001) was my mother, Viola (Hester) Cokonougher's, aunt.  She undoubtably helped my mother start her recipe book back when my mother and father were first married, as well as exchange further recipes with her in the years after.  This is one of those recipes, scanned from my mother's recipe files.  I think the handwriting might be my mother's.  I have added Retha's picture below the recipe.

This is a picture of Retha Hester from 1946.