German Nut Cake

Place in a stew-pan the following ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup cold water 2 cups seeded raisins 1/3 cup sweet lard (or a mixture of lard and butter) 1/4 grated nutmeg 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon 1/2 teaspoonful ground clo es Pinch of salt !oil all ingredients together for three minutes" then lea e to cool down# $hen the mixture is cold" add: 1 teaspoonful of soda dissol ed in a little hot water# %ift together then mix in: 1-3/4 cups flour 1/2 teaspoonful of ba&ing powder !a&e in a loaf tin in a moderatel' hot o en for about thirt' minutes# (his ca&e is both good and economical" as no butter" eggs or mil& are used in its composition#