Here's the recipe that I have:
Poor Man's Cake
2 cups water
1 cup raisins
Cook together for a few minutes to plump raisins
Save 3/4 cup of juice for dough
Cream together:
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine
Add 1 egg to creamed mix. Add reserved juice.
Sift together:
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
Add to creamed mixture. Stir in raisins.
Bake in a 10" x 15" baking sheet at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
Frosting
1 cup powdered sugarand enough orange juice to make spreadable. Spread on hot cake.
I never made this cake. The recipe came from my aunt, who would have been 100 years old this year.