Boiled Raisin Cake

• 2 cups raisins
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

1. In saucepan. place raisins, brown sugar, hot water, shortening, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
2. Bring mixture to boiling point, cover and let simmer for 6 minutes.
3. Cool to lukewarm and add vanilla.
4. Add soda to flour and mix.
5. Combine flour and raisin mixture well.
6. Bake in buttered 9X5" loaf pan in 325u0b0 oven for 1-1 1/4 hours. Cool in pan.
7. This cake improves with keeping.
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9. NOTE--It can be a challenge to find pastry flour. Even well-stocked supermarkets seldom carry more varieties than cake flour, all-purpose flour (9% to 12% protein), and bread flour. If you can't find pastry flour, you can mix your own by combining cake flour and all-purpose flour in a ratio somewhere between two parts cake flour to one part all-purpose and one part cake flour to one part all-purpose.

raisins, brown sugar, water, shortening, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, vanilla, pastry flour, baking soda

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/boiled-raisin-cake-282092 (may not work)