Raised Loaf Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. yeast
2/3 c. warm water
1 c. butter (do not substitute margarine)
2 c. sugar
1 c. milk
4 c. flour, sifted and separated in half
3 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. salt
1 c. raisins

Preparation

Preheat oven
to
350\u00b0 (325\u00b0 if using glass pans).
Mix yeast in warm
water.
Stir
in
1/2
of
flour to make a thin mixture and
let
stand
in
warm
place
30
minutes or until mixture starts to get light and frothy.
Cream the butter; add sugar gradually
and
beat until fluffy.
Set aside 1/8 cup of flour. Mix
together
remaining flour, baking
powder, spices and salt. Add
to
butter
mixture alternately with the milk, beginning
and ending
with
dry
ingredients.
Add
to yeast mixture.
Dredge raisins in 1/8 cup flour and stir into batter which should
be like thick, whipped
cream; if too thick, add a little milk. Spread batter in greased and floured loaf pans (two).
Bake
about 50
minutes or golden brown.
Remove from pans after 10 minutes. Cool on racks.