Japanese Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3 cups flour
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pound seeded raisins
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon allspice

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time.

2. 2

   Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, then add alternately with milk.

3. 3

   Divide batter and bake layers.

4. 4

   Add raisins and spices to one half.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cook book (Methodist church, Garland NC, 1950) (1950) by Methodist Church (U.S.). Woman's Society of Christian Service (Garland, N.C.), page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup milk Cream butter and sugar. Add unbeaten egg and the flavor- ing and beat well. Measure the dry ingredients. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Mrs. Wilbur t Boone. UPSIDE DOWN CAKE 1 can pineapple 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup nuts 3 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup cherries 2 tablespoons water Spread butter in bottom of frying pan and add brown sugar. Drain pineapple and place slices on top of sugar and butter. Put a cherry in the center of each pineapple. Sprinkle nuts over this. Make a batter of the following ingredients and pour over the sugar mixture. Bake in a moderate oven, 350 de- grees F., for 45 minutes. BATTER 1/4 cup butter 1-1 /2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 3 eggs 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/2 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla Mrs. wilbert Boone. GRANDMOTHERS POUND CAKE 1 cup butter, 1-2/3 cups sugar, 5 eggs, 2 cups flour. n'ork butter until creamy, fold in flour with spoon. If desired add 1 tablespoon caraway seed with flour. Bake in buttered bread tin about l-l/4 hours in slow oven, 300 degrees F. Excellent for electric beater. Mrs. O. W. Howard. 43 JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE 1 cup butter 3 cups flour 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons baking 1 pound seeded raisins, powder chopped 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon allspice

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