-sift together-
      2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 c  Sugar
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 ts Ground cloves
    1/2 ts Nutmeg
           -add-
    1/2 c  Vegetable shortening
           -or butter
    1/2 c  Sour milk
           -or buttermilk
      3 tb Burned sugar syrup; * see no
      2 lg Eggs
    1/2 c  Sourdough starter
  Beat 3 minutes with electric mixer. Fold In: 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts
  and 1/2 cup golden seedless raisins. Bake in a greased and floured 13 x 9
  1/2 nch pan for 35-40 min at 350 NOTE: Burnt sugar syrup-- put 1/2 cup
  granulated sugar in a small skillet and stir over medium high heat until
  melted and quite dark. Remove from heat, add 1/4 cup water, and stir in
  well, but BE CAREFUL as the syrup splatters when water is added. Pat Dwigan
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