Raisin Cake From Paraguay Food

EASY RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 10 x 10 inch baking pan.
• In a large saucepan boil the raising with the water for 10 minutes. Add the butter or margarine and let cool.
• In the same pan add the flour, soda, salt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped nuts (optional), mix well and pour batter into a lightly greased 10x10 inch baking pan
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Serves 8 to 12.

RAISIN SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Place the raisins in a bowl; cover with boiling water. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain and set aside., In a small bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla; beat just until blended. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture. Stir in raisins. , Pour into an 8x4-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 325° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, water, shortening, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and raisins. Bring to a boil, and continue boiling for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x4 inch loaf pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, combine the raisin mixture with the flour mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.

RUM-RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use 1 tablespoon butter to grease an 8-inch tube pan. Place remaining butter in a small saucepan and cook on medium until melted and starting to turn nut-brown. Remove from heat, let sit a few minutes, then pour into a glass measuring cup, leaving any dark sediment in bottom of pan. Set butter aside. Place raisins in a bowl and pour 2/3 cup rum over raisins. Sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into another bowl.
• Beat eggs until light. Beat in sugar and continue beating, about 5 minutes, until very light and creamy. Drain raisins, reserving rum. Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with drained rum. Fold in brown butter, leaving any sediment in bottom of cup. Fold in raisins. Spread in pan and bake 40 minutes until lightly browned and tester comes out clean. Spoon remaining 3 tablespoons rum over cake. Cool. Remove from pan. Pile whipped cream in center and serve.

IRISH RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease a Dutch Oven. Cream sugar and butter in large bowl. Add in eggs one at a time. Add seasonings. Mix baking soda into the buttermilk. Alternate adding flour, buttermilk and raisins into mix. Bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours in covered Dutch Oven. Cake is finished when knife inserted into middle comes out clean.

RAISIN CAKE FROM THE PANTRY

Steps:

• Combine the raisins with sugar, water, shortening and spices and simmer for a minute. Cool to room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease a 9inch square baking pan. Combine cooled raisin mixture with flour and nuts. Transfer to baking pan and bake 1 hour or until a toothpick when inserted in the center comes out dry. Cool in pan and cut into squares.

CORINTHIAN RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Cream butter and sugar together for 5 minutes.
• Add eggs, milk, sour cream, cloves, fruit peels, 1 tsp of cinnamon and 1/2 flour.
• In separate bowl, combine raisins baking powder and remaining flour.
• Combine 2 mixtures together.
• Pour into greased loaf pan.
• Bake 40 minutes.
• Combine confectioners sugar with remaining cinnamon,dust top of cake and serve.

COSTA RICAN RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Mix cornstarch and coffee in saucepan until smooth.
• Add 1/2 cup sugar and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Add raisins and nuts and set aside while preparing batter.
• Beat butter until soft and fluffy.
• Add brown sugar and remaining white sugar and continue beating until thick and light in color.
• Add cream of tartar and baking soda together and add alternately with milk.
• Add vanilla and mix well.
• Pour 1/2 the batter into a buttered 8-inch square pan.
• Spread with raisin mixture and cover with remaining batter.
• Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 40 minutes or until knife comes out clean.
• Cool and turn out of pan and cut into nine squares.