Nectar cake

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ cup Sugar
½ cup Butter or butter substitute
1 Egg, well beaten
½ cup Chopped nuts
cup Raisins
½ teaspoon Vanilla
1⅔ cup Flour
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Allspice
1 teaspoon Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Hot water

Directions

Combine raisins and hot water. Boil 10 minutes, remove from fire, drain and cool. Save ¾ cup of water in which raisins were cooked.

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking soda, spices, and salt. Add raisins, raisin water, flavoring, and nuts. Beat thoroughly. Pour into well-oiled layer cake pans. Bake in moderate oven (375 F) about 30 minutes. Ice with powdered sugar icing. Ann Bastias, Grass Valley, CA.

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