boiled raisin cake

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50 Pinches
DuBois, PA
Updated on Jun 27, 2012

This recipe is one that my Grandmother gave me in a recipe book she had made for me 2 years before she passed.It contained all of her favorite foods that she so enjoyed making.

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups seedless raisins
  • 3 cups water
  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup margerine
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 - eggs

How To Make boiled raisin cake

  • Step 1
    Cover raisins with water. Bring to boil and simmer 20 minutes. Drain raisins and reserve one cup liquid. Let cool
  • Step 2
    Sift together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
  • Step 3
    Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg.Fold raisins into batter.
  • Step 4
    Blend in flour mixture alternately with raisin liquid into butter/sugar mixture,beating well after each addition.
  • Step 5
    Spread into greased and floured 9 by 13 baking pan. Bake 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes. Cool in pan and ice with your favorite topping

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