Hillbilly Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup cold water
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
1 cup seedless raisin
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
TOPPING
2/3 cup melted butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
6 tablespoons cream
1 cup coconut

Preparation

after boiling the ingredients up to the flour -- pour into a large mixing bowl.
add the flour, sifted with 1 tsp baking soda.spread in a greased and floured 9x12\" baking pan.
bake at 350* for about 1 hour.or until cake tests done with toothpick -- or starts to pull away from the sides of the pan.
spread with the following:TOPPING:.
combine 2/3 cup melted butter with the brown sugar.mix ell.add 6 tbls light cream and 1 cup coconut --
Mix thoroughly and spread on warm cake( recipe said to let cool about 25 minutes.).
place under a broiler a few minutes till brown and bubbly.