<P> Raisin cake is a type of cake that is prepared using raisins as a main ingredient . Additional ingredients are sometimes used, such as chocolate and rum . Raisin cake dates back to at least the time of the reign of David, circa 1010--970 BCE . Boiled raisin cake is prepared by boiling various ingredients and then baking the mix in an oven . It dates back to at least the time of the American Civil War (1861--1865). </P> <P> Raisin cake is typically prepared using standard cake ingredients and raisins as a primary ingredient . Whole or chopped raisins can be used . Additional various ingredients are also sometimes used, such as rum, chocolate, and others . The use of rum can serve to plump - up the raisins via the added moisture, and the raisins can be marinated in rum before the cake is prepared . Spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and pumpkin spice are sometimes used . </P> <P> It is stated in chapter 6: 19 in the second Book of Samuel that cake (identified as "raisin cake" in Hosea 3: 1) was distributed by David, who reigned as the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah c. 1010--970 BCE . This raisin cake consisted of "a mass of dried grapes ." </P> <P> Some recipes in the United States circa the early 1900s utilized lard as an ingredient, which could be used instead of butter . </P>

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