Ribbon Cake
½ cup butter
2 cups sugar
Yolks 4 eggs
1 cup milk
3½ cups flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
Whites 4 eggs
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon mace
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
⅓ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
⅓ cup figs, finely chopped
1 tablespoon molasses
Mix first seven ingredients in order given. Bake two-thirds of the mixture in two layer cake pans. To the remainder add spices, fruit, and molasses, and bake in a layer cake pan. Put layers together with jelly (apple usually being preferred, as it has less flavor), having the dark layer in the centre.