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Ingredients
| seedless raisins (packed): 1 cup |
| water: 1 1/2 cups |
| eggs: 1 |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 cups |
| granulated sugar: 1 cup |
| baking soda: 1 tsp |
| ground cinnamon: 1 tsp |
| ground nutmeg: 1 tsp |
| ground cloves: 1 tsp |
| water: 1 Tbl (boiling) |
| vanilla extract: 1/2 tsp |
| salted butter: 1/2 cup (melted) |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 1 cup |
| 2% milk: 1/3 cup |
| ground cinnamon: 1 tsp |
Grandmother's Boiled Raisin Cake
Credit: AllRecipes
User rating:
"This cake is very moist, but my grandmother never added an icing. She made a cinnamon glaze."
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Servings
12 serving(s)
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Directions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees(165 degrees C). Grease a 9 x 5 inch pan. Set aside.
- In 3 quart saucepan, boil raisins slowly water until there is 1 cup of water left and the raisins are plump. Allow mixture to cool.
- Stir in sugar and egg. Mix spices with boiling water and add to raisin mixture. Add flour, soda, vanilla and last, the melted shortening. Blend well. Pour into loaf pan.
- Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. When cool make glaze by mixing confectioners sugar, ground cinnamon, and milk. Spread on top of cooled cake.