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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine the raisins, sugar and 2 cups water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. | 2. Add the butter and stir until it melts. | 3. Remove from the heat and let cool. | 4. Dissolve the baking soda in 2 tablespoons of hot water in a small bowl. Add to the raisin mixture. | 5. Sift the flour, salt, cinnamon and cloves into a large bowl. | 6. Add the beaten egg, if using (see NOTE). | 7. Add the raisin mixture and vanilla and stir to mix well. | 8. Pour into 1 large or 2 small well-greased loaf pans. | 9. Bake at 350 degrees F for 60 to 75 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. | 10. Remove to a wire rack to cool. | 11. Remove cake(s) from loaf pan after 5 minutes to cool completely. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
raisin	1 1/2	cups		747.45	196.812	8.3902	1.1385
sugar	2	cups		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	3	tablespoons		256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
baking soda	1 1/2	1/2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
hot water	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
flour	3 1/2	cups		2023.98	443.1189	32.9035	7.8526
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
clove	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.877	0.6881	0.0627	0.1365
vanilla extract	1	tablespoon		37.44	1.6445	0.0078	0.0078
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.