Raisin Cake With Water Icing

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ¾ cup shortening
• 5 egg yolks
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 5 cups flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 package small seedless raisins or currants
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 egg whites
• water-icing

Method

1. 1 Cream sugar and shortening until light lemon color.
2. 2 Add egg yolks, baking powder, flour, milk, raisins, and salt; beat just to mix.
3. 3 Cut and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
4. 4 Pour into a lined, greased, and floured square pan.
5. 5 Bake in a 350°F oven for one hour.
6. 6 Ice with water-icing and slice while soft.