Veva's boiled raisin cake
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 2 | cups | Raisins |
| ½ | teaspoon | Cloves |
| 2 | tablespoons | Cocoa |
| 3 | cups | Water |
| 1 | cup | Shortening |
| 3 | teaspoons | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 4½ | cup | Flour; sifted together with: |
| 3 | teaspoons | Baking soda |
| 1 | cup | Nuts |
| 1 | pack | Chopped dates |
| 1 | pack | Chopped fruit for fruit cakes |
Directions
So I'm sending along some of favorite foods my Mom used to fix in the 40's and 50's. Her name is Veva.
Boil the first 10 ingredients for 10 minutes. Cool and add remaining ingredients.
Pour into 3 bread loaf pans (greased) and set them on a cooky sheet to keep the raisins from burning and bake about 1 hr. at 350 F. Better when kept over a long period of time. Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #209 by "William & Evelyn Hall" <wchall@...> on Aug 30, 1997