Gumdrop Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. raisins
1 tsp. soda
2 c. water
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 c. Crisco
1 c. sugar
2 c. gumdrops
1 c. nuts

Preparation

Grease and flour 9-inch square cake pan.
Boil raisins with soda and water until 1/2 cup water remains.
Then add 1/2 cup water.
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices.
Add Crisco and sugar and blend.
Add raisins and water.
Blend.
Flour gumdrops and nuts and add to mixture.
Stir well.
Bake in slow oven at 300\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours.
Let cool before removing from pan.