Old Fashioned Eating

This was a very simple cake to make. The preparation took only a couple minutes. I was looking for a simple cake that didn’t need to be frosted. I am not very good at frosting anything. As you can see, I am barely any good at spreading a glaze over the top.

The recipe called for using a loaf pan but I wanted to try my bundt pan. For whatever reason, I don’t think the cake rose enough. That is ok because it is still cake flavored but I think it would have been prettier had it risen to fill the entire bundt pan.

I still don’t know how I feel about the floppy silicon bakeware. I think I would prefer the metal pan but this was all I had and it seemed to work just fne.

• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 1/2 cups white flour
• 1 cup  water
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon salt                        

Directions:

1. Beat shortening for 30 seconds.  Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
2. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the water, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Finally mix in the raisins.
4. Bake in a large greased loaf pan for 45 minutes at 325F.

The glaze was very simple:

• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups powered sugar, sifted
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Add liquid to the powdered sugar and mix until you reach the desired consistency. See! Simple!

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