Boiled Spice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups unbleached white flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup vegan margarine
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice, for glaze
3 cups confectioners' sugar, for glaze

Preparation

To make Cake: Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F Sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda in bowl. Spray 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray, and set aside.
Combine sugar, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 1/2 cups water in large saucepan. Bring to boil, and cook 5 minutes, or until raisins plump up. Remove from heat, and stir in margarine.
When margarine has melted, add flour mixture and pecans to saucepan. Blend well, and pour into pan. Bake 35 to 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan, then invert onto wire rack and cool completely.
To make Glaze: Whisk lemon juice into confectioners' sugar. Pour over cooled cake. Decorate with whole pecans, if desired.