Raisin Cake

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter cut into chunks
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon 
• 1 tablespoon dutch-processed cocoa powder unsweetened
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice 
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 2 cups raisins 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 2 cups sugar 
• 2 cups pastry flour whole-wheat

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• knife
• baking pan
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Coat a 9- by 13-in. baking pan with cooking-oil spray and set aside.
3. In a medium saucepan, bring raisins and 3 cups water to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a steady simmer and cook until very tender, about 15 minutes.
4. Remove from heat, add butter, and let sit until butter melts.
5. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine flours, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and salt. Set aside.
6. Stir raisin-butter mixture into flour mixture.
7. Transfer batter to prepared pan and bake until a toothpick or knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
8. Serve cake warm or at room temperature.