My Favorite Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup seedless raisins
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 2 lemons, rind and juice
• 1 coconut, grated
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and add the sugar and mix until light and fluffy.

2. 2

   Add the beaten eggs.

3. 3

   Sift the flour and baking powder and add alternately with the milk.

4. 4

   Add the vanilla and divide into three layers.

5. 5

   Put 2 tablespoons of flour in a bag and shake the raisins in the bag and add them and the spices to one of the layers which will be the middle layer when put together with the filling.

6. 6

   Bake in three 8-inch greased floured cake pans about 25 minutes at 300 to 325 degrees.

7. 7

   For the filling mix the cornstarch in the lemon juice until dissolved.

8. 8

   Grate the rind and mix all the ingredients together and cook over boiling water until thick.

9. 9

   Cool and fill the layers of the cooled cake.

10. 10

    White icing is used on top and sides of cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A lady of good taste (1954) by Mary Katherine Reynolds Babcock, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

My Favorite Cake 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar spice layer: 1 cup seedless raisins 5 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon cloves 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon allspice filling: 2 lemons, rind and juice 1 coconut, grated 2 cups sugar 1 cup boiling water 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla

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