Holiday Yum Yum Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. seedless raisins
2 c. sugar
2 c. water
2 Tbsp. lard (shortening)
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
3 c. flour
1 level tsp. baking soda
1 level tsp. baking powder

Preparation

Boil first 5 ingredients.
Mix flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
Sift and mix with boiled mixture.
Pour into two small bread loaf pans and bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.
Or for a large cake, pour into regular sized bread loaf pan and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
When cool, frost with white buttercream icing.
Decorate with nuts and candied fruit.