Grandma's Touch Boiled Raisin Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Recipe

• 1 mix sugar, butter, water, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in pot and bring to a boil. boil for 3 minutes and then cool.
• 2 mix flour and baking soda and add to cool raisin mixture.
• 3 spread into greased and floured 9" square. bake at 350 f for about 25 minutes. the top of the cake will bounce back when lightly tapped. be careful, over cooking will dry it out.
• 4 dust with icing sugar or frost with "poor man's frosting" or forget it. it is great just on it's own.