Raisin Cake
2 cups raisins
2 cups water
2 tsp baking soda
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts
Icing:
1 cup icing sugar
2 Tbsp orange juice
Combine water and raisins in saucepan; heat till boiling. Add baking soda. Lower heat; simmer a few minutes. Cool. Sift flour, salt and cinnamon together. Beat eggs in large bowl until fluffy. Add sugar, a little at a time; beat well. Pour in oil slowly, beating well. Add vanilla. Alternately mix in flour mixture with raisin mixture into egg mixture. Add walnuts.
Pour into greased and floured 10-inch fluted tube pan or 9x13-inch baking pan. Bake in 325 F oven for about 1 hour for tube cake or until top springs back when lightly pressed for 9x13-inch cake. Mix icing ingredients. Crizzle over cooled cake.
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