1 c Raisins 1/2 ts Nutmeg
2/3 c Boiling water 1/2 c Butter
2 1/3 c Cake flour 1 1/2 c Sugar
1 1/2 ts Baking powder 4 Eggs
1/2 ts Cloves 4 oz Grated sweet chocolate
1 ts Cinnamon Milk; see below
Pour boiling water over the raisins and let soak. Preheat oven to
350. Sift and measure the flour. Resift with the baking powder and
spices. Cream room temperature butter until light. Beat in, one at a
time, room temperature eggs. Add and cream in the sugar. Stir in the
chocolate. Drain and add the raisins, reserving the liquid. Add
enough milk to the reserved liquid to bring up to 7/8 cup. Stir the
flour mixture into the butter mixture in thirds alternating with the
milk mixture. Stir the batter until it’s smooth. Pour into a greased
loaf pan and bake for an hour. Ice the cake when it has cooled.
Yields
1 cake