Raisin Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box raisins, seeded (blue box)
1 lb. brown sugar
1 c. shortening
2 c. hot water
3 c. flour
vanilla to taste
2 Tbsp. cinnamon
1 Tbsp. allspice
1 Tbsp. salt
2 Tbsp. soda
1/2 c. cocoa (or 1/3 c. if you want)

Preparation

Cook sugar, raisins, spices and water 3 minutes.
Everything but flour and soda.
Add flour and soda.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour in an iron skillet or until a toothpick is clean.
Note:
May cancel salt, I do.
May ice cake if you wish.