Raisin Sheet Cake Recipes

BOILED RAISIN CAKE I

Steps:

• Boil raisins in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add vegetable oil and cold water to the raisins.
• Mix sugar, flour, spices, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Add the raisin mixture, and stir till just mixed.
• Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch baking pan, and bake for one hour in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven. It is done if a toothpick comes out clean.

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 BAR SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 17 x 11 x 2 pan.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients. Pour into baking pan.
• Bake 20 minutes. If you are using a dark baking pan, check for doneness at 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Make Icing: Put powdered sugar into a bowl.
• In a small bowl, combine water and butter, than add vanilla and syrup.
• Add to sugar and beat until creamy, adding water to obtain correct consistency.
• Drizzle over slightly warm cake.

RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine raisins and water. Cook until plump. Drain and set aside raisins, reserving 10 tablespoons cooking liquid. , In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Combine flour, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg and salt; set aside. Combine milk, soda, eggs and reserved cooking liquid. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in cooked raisins. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

ALMOND RAISIN CAKE WITH SHERRY

Steps:

• Tip the raisins into a bowl, pour over the sherry, then leave for at least 30 mins to soften. Meanwhile, heat oven to 180C/ fan 160C/gas 4. Lightly grease a deep 20cm round cake tin, then line the bottom with a circle of greaseproof paper.
• Mix together the yogurt, oil and eggs. Put the remaining dry ingredients into a large bowl, pour in the yogurt mixture, then stir together until smooth. Scoop half the raisins out of the sherry, then stir into the batter. Spoon into the prepared tin and smooth the surface with a spoon. Cook in the oven for 50-55 mins until the top springs back when pressed lightly and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Take a skewer and prick all over the cake. Pour over 5 tbsp of the soaking sherry and let it soak in. You can make up to this point 3 days in advance and store in an airtight container. Serve warm or leave to cool, then dust with icing sugar. Warm the rest of the soaked raisins and sherry, then serve alongside the cake with some vanilla ice cream.

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.

RAISIN SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, soak raisins in boiling water for 5 minutes.
• Drain, reserving 1 cup liquid; set raisins and liquid aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and mix well.
• In another bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with the reserved raisin liquid.
• Fold in raisins by hand.
• Pour into a greased 15" x 10" x 1" pan.
• Bake at 375F for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl.
• Pour over warm cake, and spread evenly.
• When cool, cut into bars.