Brown Sugar Spice Cake With Raisins And Icing

Ingredients

• 2 cups light brown sugar
• ½ cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup milk
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup chopped raisins
• 2¼ cups flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp cloves
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 cups sugar (for icing)
• ¾ cup milk (for icing)
• 2 tbsp butter (for icing)
• vanilla extract (for icing)

Method

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two layer cake pans.
2. 2 Cream brown sugar and shortening until fluffy. Beat in eggs until light.
3. 3 Sift flour, salt, spices, and baking powder together twice.
4. 4 Alternately add dry ingredients and milk to the creamed mixture, beating thoroughly.
5. 5 Fold in floured raisins. Pour batter into prepared pans.
6. 6 Bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.