Minnie's Boiled Spice Cake

Minnie's Boiled Spice Cake

Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar 2 ½ cups water
1 cup white sugar 1 cup lard (lard is in original recipe but you
1 teaspoon cinnamon can use other shortening--Harriet)
1 teaspoon cloves 4 cups flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 heaping teaspoon soda dissolved in a little
½ teaspoon salt hot water
2 cups raisins ½ cup nuts (or more), if desired

Directions:
Boil sugars, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, raisins, water, and lard for 6 minutes; let cool.
Add flour, soda, and nuts. Pour into 9 x 13 pan. Bake 1 hour at 350º. Harriet: Plain with
whipped cream or brown sugar frosting. We like it just plain.
Boiled Cake
Olive Jacobson--recipe from her mom, Gladys Nelson