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Title: Mother's Dark Cake
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1 c Crisco
2 c Sugar
1 Box raisins(dark)
2 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Cloves
1/4 ts Salt
4 c Boiling water

On top of stove, put all ingredients in pan and bring to a rolling boil,
with no cover Remove from stove and add 4 tsps of fresh baking soda(it will
fizz up) Cover now, and let it cool completely....... Remove cover and add
4 cups of flour, to the mixture, and mix it well Pour into 2 well greased
and floured, loaf pans Bake at 350* for 1 hour cake is done when toothpick
comes out clean

This is a very unusual and moist cake and needs no frosting....

Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by "Frank McGann"
on Sep 21, 1997