Buttery-Orange Raisin Cake

Ingredients

• 4 c. flour
• 1/4 tsp.almond extract
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 c. Raisins
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 c. milk
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 Tbs. vinegar
• 21/2 c. Sugar
• 4 eggs
• juice from 2 oranges (reserve rinds and 6 Tbs. juice)
• 1 c. butter

Directions

1. Sift first 4 ingredients. Combine 1/2 c. orange juice and 1/2 c. Sugar until Sugar is dissolved. Add extract. Refrigerate.
2. Grind reserved rind and add to Raisins. Combine together milk and vinegar. cream butter and beat in rest of Sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Add the rest of the ingredients gradually. Pour into pan.
3. Bake 60 to 70 minutes. Remove from oven and spoon 6 tablespoons reserved orange juice over the top and between cake and sides of pan. Return cake to turned-off oven for 1 hour.