My mother used to make this cake when I was a kid (I'm 82) but we called it "Boiled Raisin Cake". In the winter we would put the kettle that held the boiled ingredients outside the kitchen door in a snow bank to quickly cool. We always baked it in a tube cake pan, once the oven was heated up in the kitchen wood stove. I am so glad to get this recipe again. Thank you for sharing.