Nutmeg Raisin Victory Cake Recipes

GRANDMA'S TOUCH BOILED RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• 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.

NUTMEG RAISIN VICTORY CAKE

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar well.
• Beat in egg.
• Mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and nutmeg in another bowl.
• In a measuring cup, mix together the milk and the cornstarch until smooth.
• Using a wooden spoon (a mixer would toughen the cake), stir in the dry mixture, alternating with the wet mixture, to the butter mixture, until all is combined well.
• Stir in the raisins.
• Pour into a greased 9" cake pan and bake at 350 F (preheated) for 25-30 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on a rack.

OLD-FASHIONED BOILED RAISIN CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, mix together water, brown sugar, raisins, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil, and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and let cool.
• In a separate bowl, mix together, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ground cloves.
• Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir until completely incorporated.
• Pour into a 13x9 inch glass dish or cake pan that has been generously sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• Bake for 35 minutes of until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake.
• While cooling, prepare the Brown Sugar Frosting.
• In a medium sized saucepan, mix brown sugar, butter and milk. Heat until the sugar is dissolved, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
• Once the sugar mixture is cooled, pour sugar mixture into a mixer bowl. Add powdered sugar and mix until a frosting is formed. If a runnier texture is desired, add milk 1 T. at a time until desired consistency.
• Frost the cake, and enjoy!

RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine raisins and water. Cook until plump. Drain and set aside raisins, reserving 10 tablespoons cooking liquid. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Combine flour, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg and salt; set aside. Combine milk, soda, eggs and reserved cooking liquid. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in cooked raisins. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until cake test done. Cool on a wire rack. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

NUTMEG COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cut butter into small pieces.
• With a pastry cutter, two forks or your fingertips, blend butter into flour mixture until it resembles fine cornmeal.
• Take half of it and press into the bottom of the baking dish.
• In a small bowl, combine milk, egg and nutmeg.
• Add to remaining flour mixture along with chopped walnuts.
• Spoon over the mixture in pan.
• Bake for 45–50 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan slightly before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.