Why does the recipe want me to soak raisins in rum for 24 hours?

For a rum and raisin cake I'm planning to bake this weekend, the recipe tells me to soak the raisins in the rum for a long time. What is the purpose of this? The flavour wouldn't be any different if I just put both separately in the batter?

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