Patti wanted to surprise her 91 year old father by making this cake that he remembered fondly. Combine flour and raisin mixture well. I can even remember my mom and dad stoking the wood stove with the poker and making sure it was full of wood to bake the bread and then after a. Bake in buttered 9x5 loaf pan in 325 oven for 1 1 1 4 hours. Grandmother s boiled raisin cake.
I joked that i finally found a way to extract the essence of raisin the boiling really does this and bake it throughout the cake. Great recipe if you love raisins. I substituted 1 4 of spiced rum for 1 4 of water in the baking and it turned out delicious. After the stock market crash of 1929 families struggled to stretch their budgets and to make do with ingredients they could afford or grow. Old fashioned boiled raisin cake with brown sugar frosting.
Traditional newfoundland boiled raisin cake made with cinnamon cloves and boiled raisins delicious. 295 9 daily value protein. Even well stocked supermarkets seldom carry more varieties than cake flour all purpose flour 9 to 12 protein and bread flour. Years ago our elders would make these types of cakes all the time over a wood burning stove. The mission was a boiled raisin cake with a frosting.
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Boiling the raisins also makes sure the cake stays nice and moist. Patti wanted to surprise her 91 year old father by making this cake that he remembered fondly.