Yum Yum Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 c. raisins
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. each: cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
1 1/2 c. water
1 Tbsp. Crisco (not butter)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Mix sugar, cocoa, raisins, salt and spices in water and cook on top of stove until it boils. Boil for 5 minutes. Cool. Dissolve the baking soda in water and add. Mix in the flour and beat well. Add nuts. Bake in moderate oven for 35 minutes in a square pan. Cover with a simple white frosting or dribble on a glaze. Good plain or served with vanilla ice cream.