Mayonnaise Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup raisins (seedless)
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 egg yolks (saving whites for icing)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 cup nuts, broken

Method

1. 1

   Into a large mixing bowl, measure 1 cup raisins and 1 tsp. soda.

2. 2

   Add 1 cup boiling water and let stand until lukewarm.

3. 3

   Into bottom of measuring cup, put 2 egg yolks, fill measuring cup with mayonnaise until 3/4 full.

4. 4

   Add this to raisin mixture.

5. 5

   Then add sugar, flour, and nuts.

6. 6

   Mix well and cook in two 9-inch pans for 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

7. 7

   Frost with seven-minute icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Williamston cook book (1950) by N.C.). Christian Women's Fellowship Williamston Christian Church (Williamston, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MAYONNAISE CAKE Into a large mixing bowl, measure 1 cup raisins (seedless) and 1 tsp. soda. Add 1 cup boiling water and let stand until lukewarm. Into bottom of measuring cup, put 2 egg yolks (saving whites for ic- ing); fill measuring cup with mayonnaise until *4 full (mayonnaise and yolks). Add this to raisin mixture. Then add the following: 1 cup sugar, 2 cups sifted flour, 1 cup nuts, broken

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