Gateau mes amours (lovers cake)

12 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Butter or margarine
2 xes Eggs, large
5 teaspoons Baking powder
⅔ cup Milk
½ teaspoon Almond extract
⅔ cup Sugar
1½ cup All-purpose flour
½ cup Toasted wheat germ
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Grated rind of half a lemon
2 cups Chopped dried fruit such
As apricots, dates and
Prunes
2 tablespoons Flour for dredging fruit
Icing sugar for dusting

Directions

In bowl, cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time until incorporated. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and wheat germ. Combine milk with vanilla, almond extract and lemon rind. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternating with milk until combined. Fold in flavored dried fruits. Spoon batter into a well-buttered and floured 2-quart tube pan. Bake in a preheated 350'F. oven for 1 hour or until tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes, then turn out cake and let cool on rack.

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