Hillbilly Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup nuts, chopped
• 1 cup seedless raisin
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup melted butter
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 6 tablespoons cream
• 1 cup coconut

Recipe

• 1 after boiling the ingredients up to the flour -- pour into a large mixing bowl.
• 2 add the flour, sifted with 1 tsp baking soda.spread in a greased and floured 9x12" baking pan.
• 3 bake at 350* for about 1 hour.or until cake tests done with toothpick -- or starts to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• 4 spread with the following:topping:.
• 5 combine 2/3 cup melted butter with the brown sugar.mix ell.add 6 tbls light cream and 1 cup coconut --
• 6 mix thoroughly and spread on warm cake( recipe said to let cool about 25 minutes.).
• 7 place under a broiler a few minutes till brown and bubbly.