Birthday Cake
½ cup butter
1¼ cups brown sugar
Yolks 2 eggs
⅔ cup milk
2¼ cups flour
3½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons Sherry
½ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
½ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
⅓ cup currants
2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely cut
Whites 2 eggs
Follow directions for making butter cake mixtures. Bake in a buttered and floured angel-cake pan in a slow oven one and one-quarter hours. Cover with Ornamental Frosting (see p. [532]).