Grandma Brown'S Mincemeat Cake

• 4 large eggs
• 3/4 c. butter or shortening
• 1 pkg. mincemeat
• 1 1/2 c. Sun-Maid raisins
• 4 c. sifted flour
• 1 level tsp. cinnamon
• 1 level tsp. cloves
• 2 c. sugar
• 1 c. milk
• 4 level tsp. baking powder
• 2 c. pecans
• 1 level tsp. allspice
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg

1. Add spices to flour and sift 4 to 5 times.
2. Cream sugar and butter and add beaten eggs.
3. Add a little milk and then flour until all is mixed.
4. Put mincemeat on stove and add a little water.
5. Cook until dissolved good.
6. Then add pecans and stir. Have the raisins washed and drained; flour them and stir mincemeat, pecans and raisins into the cake mixture.
7. Put in a big cake pan with tube and cook at 250u0b0 until done, usually about 3 hours or 3 hours and 15 minutes.

eggs, butter, mincemeat, raisins, flour, cinnamon, level tsp, sugar, milk, level tsp, pecans, level tsp, nutmeg

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=366207 (may not work)