When someone gives you several pounds of raisins, your apple trees are loaded with fruit, and it's you favorite season of all you make a cake. I had zero direction when I set out to make this. All I knew was that I wanted to make an apple dessert and use up some of the raisins I had. I had soaked some raisins in brandy the week before to use in oatmeal cookies but wasn't thrilled with the results. The raisins took on the flavor of the rum and created a nice filling with the brown sugar (I may add nuts next time for a little something extra). The cake came out beautifully but I felt it looked a bit plain so I decided to use the rum I drained off the raisins for a butter rum glaze. I boiled it for a few minutes to take the alcohol bite out of it and make it a bit more kid friendly. River loved it but Madden picked out the apples and raisins. The adults gave it high marks so we are sharing the recipe. For Swirl 1/2 C Brown Sugar 1C Raisins 3/4 C Rum For Cake 2/3 C B