Almond Butter Christmas Cake

Title:
Almond Butter Christmas Cake

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Cakes




Ingredients:





     3 c  Cake Flour; sifted


     3 ts Baking Powder


   1/2 ts Salt


   3/4 c  Butter or shortening


 1 1/2 c  Sugar


     3    Eggs; unbeaten


   1/2 c  Almonds; finely chopped


   1/2 c  Raisins; finely cut


     1 c  Milk


     1 ts Vanilla






 Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift together


 three times. Cream butter thoroughly. add sugar gradually, and cream


 together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating


 thoroughly after each. Add nuts and raisins and beat well. Add flour,


 alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each


 addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans


 in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 25 minutes, or until done. Spread Boiled


 Frosting (see recipe) between layers and on top and sides of cake. Decorate


 top of cake with wreath of holly, using pieces of maraschino cherries or


 red cinnamon candies for berries, and slices of angelica or citron for


 leaves and stems. Or decorate with poinsettias made of candied cherries.


 Slice cherries in rings, cut rings in half, and arrange to form petals of


 poinsettias. If desired, Lemon Butter Frosting (see recipe ) may be used.


 


 Kate Smith Collection 1940 Published by General Foods Corp (Courtesy of


 Barb Day)


 


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #273


 


 Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 01:12:09 -0400


 


 From: BobbieB1@aol.com