Amazin' Recipe ✶ Amazin' Raisin Cake

This is a copy of the recipe from my Grandmothers' recipe book. It's an excellent apple spice raisin cake that has the amazing ingredient of mayonnaise!

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• ⅓ cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 cups apple - peeled, cored, and chopped
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 2 cups heavy cream
• ½ cup confectioners' sugar

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch pans.
2. In large bowl with mixer at low speed, beat together flour, sugar, mayonnaise, milk, eggs, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cloves, scraping bowl frequently, for 2 minutes. Batter will be thick. Sir in the chopped apples, raisins and walnuts.
3. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove and cool on wire racks.
4. In a large bowl, whip the cream and confectioners' sugar until stiff peaks form. Fill and frost the cake.

Nutrition Facts

• calories663.6
• carbohydrateContent79.8 g
• cholesterolContent92.9 mg
• fatContent37 g
• fiberContent2.9 g
• proteinContent7.4 g
• saturatedFatContent12.4 g
• sodiumContent443 mg
• sugarContent49.6 g