Spice Cake (9)
- Hardened vegetable fat, 3½ tablespoons
- Sugar, ¼ cup
- Egg, 1
- Corn syrup, ¼ cup
- Milk, ¼ cup
- Flour, 1 cup (plus 1½ tablespoons)
- Baking powder, 1¼ teaspoons
- Chopped citron, 2 tablespoons
- Raisins, cut in half, ½ cup
- Cinnamon, ¾ teaspoon
- Clove, ¼ teaspoon
- Nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon
Cream fat; add sugar gradually, syrup, egg well beaten; mix and sift dry ingredients; add alternately with milk to first mixture. Add raisins (which have been rolled in a little of the flour), mixing them through the cake thoroughly.
Bake about 30 minutes in a moderate oven (about 380° F.).
JAMS AND SANDWICH FILLINGS
Banana and Nut Paste for Sandwiches (11)
- Banana, 1
- Shelled peanuts, ¼ cup
Mix the banana with the shelled peanuts, which have been crushed. Salt to taste. Use as a filling for sandwiches.