Ingredients

1-1/4 C. sugar (divided)
1 orange
1/2 C. shortening
2 eggs, well beaten
2 C. cake flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 C. sour milk
1 C. raisins

Cooking Instructions

Combine 1/4 C. sugar and juice from the orange, stir until dissolved, set aside. Cream 1 C. sugar with shortening. Add eggs. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add alternately with milk to first mixture. Add raisins, which have been ground with orange rind. Mix until well-blended. Pour into a well-oiled pan. Bake at 375 degrees about 45 minutes. Pour orange juice and sugar mix over the cake before removing from the pan.
 
 
"I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able," (1Corinthians 3:2)