Boiled Raisin Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups raisins
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup cold water
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoon salt

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch baking dish.
2. Boil raisins in 2 cups water in a medium pot for 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Add 1 cup cold water and oil to raisin-water mixture in the pot.
3. Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Add raisin mixture to flour mixture; stir until just mixed. Pour batter into the prepared dish.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.