Boiled raisin spice cake

My Grandma's easy boiled Spice Cake is my most treasured dessert recipe. As a sweet brunch addition, birthday cake, or party dessert idea, there's no wrong time to savor a slice.

Old-Fashioned Boiled Raisin Cake Recipe - These Old Cookbooks

This is a tried and true old fashioned recipe that my Mom used to make all the time. I love the fact that it’s moist, but even that hasn’t stopped me from doubling the caramel icing fro…

A Vintage Recipe for an Old Fashioned Spiced Cake With Boiled Raisins!

November 11th. is a very special day in which we honour and pay tribute to all of the men and women that have selflessly served and sacrificed so much for our freedom. We remember the fallen soldiers for their bravery and also their families for the hardships they had to endure in the aftermath of such tragedy and loss. Today, I thought I would share a recipe that many boys on the front lines would receive from loved ones back home. This "Wartime" Boiled Raisin cake was a favourite during…

A vintage Depression-Era snack cake made with raisins, molasses and cozy spices without any eggs, milk or butter that’s super moist and perfectly sweet. JUMP TO RECIPE Husband often waxes poetic about

This is my beautiful Aunt Mary...She is my father's sister and the most wonderful cook. She raised a large family and has a million grandch...

This boiled raisin cake doesn't need frosting or icing. It is easy for kids to make and is hard to mess up.

I have always credited my father’s mom for our family’s boiled raisin cake recipe. My mother’s handwritten recipe book, dated 1947, features her auntie’s boiled raisin cake recipe on the first page. Looking further, I see a star beside a similar cake, credited to a Mrs. Hardy. Mrs. Hardy always slathered her raisin cake with chocolate buttercream icing. My mother tried it, loved it, and that’s how we ate it, ever after. My older daughter didn’t like the combination of chocolate and spice…