OK, I'll throw Grandma's recipe into the "mix."



Ingredients:

Step 1

1 cup dark raisins
¾ cup sugar
½ cup shortening
1 cup dark rum
1 ½ cup water
½ cup dark/blackstrap molasses
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp Allspice
1 tsp salt

Step 2
2 tsp baking soda

Step 3
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped (glazed) citrus fruits
3 ½ cups flour

Step 1:
Boil all step 1 ingredients for 5 minutes. Let mixture cool until it is warm to the touch.

Step 2.
Mix the baking soda with a little water and add to mixture.

Step 3.
Mix the glazed citrus fruit with a little flour so it doesn’t stick together.
Add the walnuts, fruit and flour and mix.
The mixture should be dark, thick, almost pudding like.

Line a ring pan (the kind with a hole in the center, e.g. a bundt pan) with wax paper.
Pour in the mixture.
Bake in a 350 degree oven. Check in one hour for doneness with a toothpick. Done when the tooth pick come out dry.

Let cake cool before removing from pan and Store in a sealed container. Lightly brush top daily with dark rum to keep cake moist.