4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. sugar
2 oz. (1/2 stick) butter
1 c. raisins
1 1/2 c. buttermilk or sour milk
3 tsp. caraway seeds (optional)

Combine first 4 ingredients. Blend in butter with your fingers. Add sugar, raisins, caraway seeds. Add milk last - a little at a time. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Put into a greased round cake pan (8 or 9 inch pan) and let stand for 15 minutes. Indent an X on top. Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 minutes, then 375 degrees for 50 minutes.

To make sour milk: 1 1/2 cups whole milk, add 1 1/2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice, let stand until sour.