Recipe Thursday - Eggless, Milkless, Butterless Spice Cake

I got this recipe via email this past weekend - made it last night and it was really good. So good in fact that there was none left. Son got to it.

EGGLESS, MILKLESS, BUTTERLESS CAKE

1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
1 and 1/2 cup water
1/3 cup veg. oil
2 cups dark raisins
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp water
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
nuts Optional (I did use 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts).

Combine sugar, water, oil, raisins, & spices in sauce pan and boil for 3 min, stirring frequently. Take off heat & cool for 10 min. Dissolve baking soda & salt in 2 tsp. of water and add to raisin mixture (it will foam). Blend in flour & baking powder. Mix well. Pour batter into greased 9" sq. pan & bake for 55 min. at 325' or until tooth pick in center comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving - serves 10 to 12.

I made a simple powdered sugar icing - powder sugar mixed with water and a bit of vanilla then drizzled it on top.

Hint: To prevent raisins, dried fruit, or nuts from sinking to the bottom of the cake batter roll the fruit or nuts in flour before mixing in the cake batter!