Sausage Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. seeded raisins
2 large c. water
1 tsp. soda
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of salt
1 lb. bulk sausage
1 c. flour
1 c. nuts
2 1/2 c. flour
4 tsp. baking powder

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350.
Cook raisins in water for 5 minutes. Strain; add soda into the hot juice.
When cold, add sugar, cinnamon, salt and sausage.
Beat well; add raisins, dredged in 1 cup flour and nuts.
Sift 2 1/2 cups flour with baking powder. Must be real stiff, no liquid at all.
Must not drop from spoon.