Cherokee huckleberry-honey cake

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Butter; softened
½ cup Sugar
½ cup Honey
3 Eggs; beaten
½ cup Milk
1½ cup Flour; unbleached
1 tablespoon Flour
by Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs
2 teaspoons Baking powder
⅛ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Huckleberries; fresh,frozen, or canned, well-drained
OR
1 cup Blueberries; fresh, frozen or canned, well-drained

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, and honey. Beat in eggs and milk. Sift in 1½ cups of flour, baking powder and salt. Combine thoroughly. In a small bowl, toss berries with remaining flour. Gently fold berries into batter. Pour batter into a 5x9 inch loaf pan. Bake for about 1 hour, until the cake is golden brown.

Origin: Spirit of the Harvest; North American Indian Cooking" Chipped from the bottom of Sharon's Igloo ^^oo^^ Submitted By CANDIS COMPTON On 08-20-95

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