This boiled raisin cake doesn't need frosting or icing. It is easy for kids to make and is hard to mess up. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish. Boil raisins in 2 cups water in a medium pot for 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Add 1 cup cold water and oil to raisin-water mixture in the pot.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish. Boil raisins in 2 cups water in a medium pot for 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Add 1 cup cold water and oil to raisin-water mixture in the pot. Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
Recipes fun! TalkFood! Put first 10 ingredients in a 4-quart pan and boil for 4 minutes. Cool for 2 hours. Optional: Boil raisins in 1 1/2 cups water; when water cools, add 1/2 cup rum to the cooking water. After raisins have soaked for 2 hours, stir in the remaining ingredients. Pour into a 9x13-inch greased pan.
Old-Fashioned Boiled Raisin Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting is a spice cake featuring raisins cooked in brown sugar. This vintage cake is flavored with a combination of cocoa, cinnamon nutmeg, ground cloves and allspice. We were delighted to be sent on a vintage recipe hunt for a blog follower. The mission was a Boiled Raisin Cake with a frosting.