Nut And Raisin Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box raisins, cooked
1 stick butter, soft
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. nuts (optional)
3 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cook 1 box of raisins with enough water to reserve 1 cup of juice after raisins have simmered about 15 minutes.
Set aside to cool.
Mix the sugar, butter and eggs.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, soda, cinnamon, salt and vanilla.
Mix this to egg mixture with 1 cup raisin juice.
Stir in (by hand) all the raisins, and as many nuts (1 cup or more) as you like.
Bake at 325\u00b0 in tube pan for about 1 hour or until done.
This can be stirred by hand, and it keeps well.