Poor Man's Cake

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves
• 2 cups raisins, seedless
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup lard
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice

1. Boil together all ingredients.
2. Add water just enough water to cover raisins.
3. Boil until raisins are tender.
4. Cool.
5. Add 1 teaspoon baking soda and enough unbleached flour to make a stiff batter.
6. Pour batter into 9-inch round cake pan.
7. Bake in moderate oven until cake springs back when touched lightly (about 1 hour at 350F (180C) F).
8. Serve warm or cold with cream, custard sauce or powdered sugar frosting.
9. Walnuts may be added to batter just before baking.

sugar, cloves, raisins, salt, lard, cinnamon, allspice

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/poor-mans-cake-32586 (may not work)