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Grammie's Raisin Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Boiled Raisin Mixture:
2 Cups Granulated Sugar
2 Cups Raisins
2 Cups Water
1 Cup Crisco vegetable shortening
2 tsps. Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp. Ground clove
1 tsp. Ground nutmeg

Cake:
2 Large Eggs, beaten
3 Cups All-purpose Flour
2 tsps. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsps. Vanilla extract
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts, optional
Directions:
Directions:
Boiled Raisin Mixture:
In a medium saucepan, whisk together the granulated sugar, raisings, water, vegetable shortening, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Bring mixture to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes, remove the pot from the heat, give the mixture a good whisk and cool for 10 minutes.

Cake:
Move the oven rack to the middle position and preheat to 350ºF. Grease and flour a bundt pan.
Whisk the beaten eggs and sift in the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix with a rubber spatula until combined and no flour pockets remain. Be careful not to overmix. Stir in vanilla and walnuts. Pour the cake batter into prepared cake pan and smooth it into an even layer. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.
Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes before removing it from te pan and cooling it completely on a wire rack. It will take about 2-3 hours to cool completely. Dust the cake with powdered sugar. Slice and serve.

 

 

 

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