cake #1

Poor Man's Cake

3 cups sugar
3 cups water
1 lb raisons
1 cup nuts
5 cups flour
2 heaping tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp salt
1 cup shortening

mix sugar, water, shortening, and raisons together and boil 5 minutes. cool to lukewarm; add flur, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and nuts. bake in oven 320 degrees for 1 1/4 hours.