This is a very moist pound cake recipe. My mother, Edythe, has been making this for more than 30 years. Since this is a real butter pound cake recipe – there’s an art to the order of ingredients & the mixing (ie: sifting the flour). Mrs. McCallum’s name is mentioned on the original recipe card. […]
This was one of my favourite dishes growing up. Definitely one of the top 10 have to have comfort foods Chicken Pot Pie (or Turkey): 1/2 cup milk (or omit the milk and use a combination of milk powder & 1/2 cup chicken broth instead) 1/3 cup flour 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 1/2 cups hot […]
Mom says “she hasn’t met a man yet, who doesn’t absolutely love this raisin cake”
So ladies, if you haven’t yet snagged your catch, or looking to spice up the one you have… this could be for you.
This is the recipe we use, it’s been requested, so we’ve added it to the blog… we would consider this to be an intermediate to advanced baker recipe.
Ravishing Raisin Cake 325°F 1hr 15min (1hr 1/2)
Adapted from Schmecks – by Edythe Fox & Sylvia Bevan
Mennonite Recipe – adapted:
2 ½ cups raisins
2 ¼ cups boiling water