Old Southern Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. raisins
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. boiling water
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
1 egg
1/2 c. walnuts
1/2 tsp. salt
1 3/4 c. flour

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening.
Beat in egg.
Alternately add flour, salt and raisin mixture.
Stir in walnuts.
Bake in loaf pan in moderate oven at 350\u00b0
until done.