Hunter's Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups raisins
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 6 tablespoons shortening
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon rum
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 in a large covered cooking pot, combine raisins, sugar, water, molasses, shortening, cinnamon, cloves, salt, nutmeg, and rum. bring to a boil and boil gently for 10 minutes, stirring often. let cool to room temperature, preferably overnight.
• 2 combine flour and baking soda and stir into the cooled mixture. stir by hand and only enough to thoroughly mix in the flour.
• 3 grease 2 bread pans and line bottom with waxed paper. pour mixture into pans and bake at 350 for 1 hour. check to see if a toothpick comes out clean, and if not, bake up to 10 minutes more. do not overbake.
• 4 cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then run a knife around sides and remove cakes from pans. cool completely and wrap in aluminum foil.