Delightful Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 level cups flour
• 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 cups milk or water
• 3 eggs
• one pound of dates
• one pound of raisins
• one cup nuts
• two teaspoons cinnamon
• two teaspoons mixed spice
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 large spoon butter
• ¥ cup milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and add ingredients, stir briskly.

2. 2

   Bake two layers and to last add dates, raisins, and nuts.

3. 3

   Put together alternately with filling.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Central cook book (1924) by N.C.). Circle Number Three Central Methodist Church (Raleigh, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Delightful Cake 1 cup butter. 2 cups sugar. 4 level cups flour. 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder. 1 teaspoon lemon extract. 2 cups milk or water. 3 eggs. Cream butter and add ingredients, stir briskly. Bake two layers and to last add one pound of dates, one pound of raisins, one cup nuts, two teaspoons cinnamon, two teaspoons mixed spice. Put together alternately with following filling : 2 cups brown sugar. 1 large spoon butter. ¥ cup milk

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