4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
4 tsp. baking powder
pinch baking soda
1 cup golden raisins (plumped by putting in hot water for 20 minutes)
2 eggs room temperature
1-3/4 cup of buttermilk
ALL MIXED BY HAND. 350 degree oven
Sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Cut in soften butter. If you don't know how to cut in, google it.
Mix together beaten eggs and buttermilk.
Add to dry ingredients and mix only enough to wet dry ingredients.
Add plumped raisins.
Bake in greased and floured layer cake pan for approx. 1 hour & use cake tester - most of the time it takes less than 1 hour.
