Grandmas Raisin Cake Recipes

GRANDMA'S RAISIN CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees
• Grease the bundt pan well. Be sure to get the bottom, center and sides of the pan.
• In small bowl mix milk and baking powder.
• In large bowl cream butter and then add eggs in one at a time.
• Next, mix in lemon, vanilla, flour, sugar, salt. Mix well.
• Now add the milk mixture into the batter. Mix well.
• Now by hand, fold in the raisins slowly. Be sure the raisins are not in clumps.
• Dump batter into greased pan evenly.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 20 min.
• Then turn off oven and open it slightly. Leave cake in oven for another 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Flip onto a cooling rack or plate and allow to cool fully before serving.

GRANDMA MEG'S RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in water and corn syrup until blended. Add raisins. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in lemon juice and butter (filling will be thin). , Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; trim even with edge of plate. Add filling. Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in top., Bake at 425° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 375°; bake 30 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

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.

GRANDMA'S BOILED RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan add raisins and water.
• Boil 15 minute.
• Drain keeping liquid.
• There should be 1 cup left over.
• If not add enough water to make 1 cup.
• Cool.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with water.
• starting and ending with dry ingredients.
• Add vanilla and stir in raisins.
• Pour into greased 9"x11" or 9"x13" pan.
• Bake 350 for 30-35 minute.
• Icing:.
• Brown butter and brown sugar.
• Add water.
• Beat in icing sugar until spreading constituency.
• Ice with above recipe or dimple icing.

GRANDMA LEONE'S FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8x8-inch baking pans.
• Bring water and raisins to a boil in a saucepan; cook until raisins are plump, about 2 minutes. Drain and cool raisins; reserve raisin water.
• Mix 3 cups flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Place pecans and 2 tablespoons flour in a resealable plastic bag; close and shake bag until pecans are coated. Pour pecans into a colander and shake off excess flour.
• Whisk sugar, oil, eggs, and cooled raisin water together in a bowl; fold in candied fruit. Stir flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, into sugar mixture until fully incorporated; fold in raisins and pecans. Fill the prepared pans a little over half full.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Lower temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C); bake until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 more hour.

GRANDMA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Place raisins and hot water in a small bowl; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce and water. Drain raisins; fold into batter with the walnuts. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 300° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve warm or cold.