BOILED CHOCOLATE AND RAISIN CAKE

Ingredients.......375ml of water, 150gm of raisins, 250gm of butter/ marg, 250gm of castor sugar, 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp of ground cloves,30gm of Dutch cocoa, 1/4 tsp of salt, 1 tsp of bicarbonate of soda, 60ml of boiling water,250gm of plain flour. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease and lightly flour a 23cm / 9" round pan. Place all ingredients, except bicarbonate of soda, boiling water and flour, into a medium saucepan. Stir together well, bring to the boiland then simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. When cool, dissolve the bicarbonate soda in the 60ml of boiling water and add to the saucepan along with the flour. Stir to combine well and pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove from pan to cool completely on a wire rack.