Here raisins are boiled along with spices, butter and sugar to make a moist boiled cake.
Ingredients
All purpose flour- 2 cups
Sugar - 1 cup
Butter - 1/2 cup 1 stick
Raisins - 1 cup
Dates, chopped - 1 cup
Cahewnut and almond, chopped - 1 cup
Ground allspice- 1 tsp
Ground cinnamon- 1 tsp
Ground cloves - 1/2 tsp
Water - 2 cups
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt- 1/2 tsp
Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease a 9 x 5 inch pan.
In a medium saucepan, combine raisins, butter, sugar, spices and water. Bring mixture to a boil. Allow to cool. Now add chopped nuts to this and stir. Keep this aside.
Mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and mix into the set aside mixture. Bake for 1 hour or until just firm. Spice cake is best when moist.
