Grandma Brown'S Mincemeat Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 large eggs
3/4 c. butter or shortening
1 pkg. mincemeat
1 1/2 c. Sun-Maid raisins
4 c. sifted flour
1 level tsp. cinnamon
1 level tsp. cloves
2 c. sugar
1 c. milk
4 level tsp. baking powder
2 c. pecans
1 level tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Preparation

Add spices to flour and sift 4 to 5 times.
Cream sugar and butter and add beaten eggs.
Add a little milk and then flour until all is mixed.
Put mincemeat on stove and add a little water.
Cook until dissolved good.
Then add pecans and stir. Have the raisins washed and drained; flour them and stir mincemeat, pecans and raisins into the cake mixture.
Put in a big cake pan with tube and cook at 250\u00b0 until done, usually about 3 hours or 3 hours and 15 minutes.