Mom'S Bake And Boil Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 small cup shortening
1 c. sugar (heaping)
1 lb. seedless raisins
1 lb. currants
2 c. boiling water
1 tsp. baking soda (heaping)
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. wine
4 c. flour
ground nuts

Preparation

Combine first 8 ingredients and boil 3 minutes.
Cool and add baking soda, vanilla, wine, flour and ground nuts.
Grease pan and put wax paper in and grease paper.
Bake cake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour or until center is dry when testing center.
Makes 2 loaf cakes or one tube cake.
Tube cake could take longer to bake than 1 hour (1 hour 15 mintues or 1 1/2 hours).
Pat with wine before storing. Ice with white frosting.