Grandma's Touch Boiled Raisin Cake

Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar
12 cup butter, or 12 cup shortening
1 cup cold water
1 12 cups raisins
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
12 teaspoon cloves, ground
2 cups flour
1 12 teaspoons baking soda

Directions

Mix sugar, butter, water, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in pot and bring to a boil.
Boil for 3 minutes and then cool.
Mix flour and baking soda and add to cool raisin mixture.
Spread into greased and floured 9" square.
Bake at 350 F for about 25 minutes.
The top of the cake will bounce back when lightly tapped.
Be careful, over cooking will dry it out.
Dust with icing sugar or frost with "Poor Man's Frosting" or forget it.
It is great just on it's own.