Boiled Brown Cake(A Holiday Cake) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. brown sugar
1 c. white sugar
1 c. shortening or 1/2 margarine or butter
1 c. seeded raisins
1 c. pitted dates
2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. warm water
1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tbsp. warm water
4 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1 c. chopped walnuts

Preparation

Put first 10 ingredients in pan and bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and let cool.
Set in pan of cold water if you wish. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of soda in warm water and stir into mixture and then gradually beat in 4 cups flour.
Put the walnuts in with last of flour.
Bake in a greased Bundt type pan for 1 hour at 350\u00b0. Let cool in pan and then turn out.