2 Christmas Cakes From Scratch

Christmas cake

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

2.1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2.1 teaspoon cloves

4.1 teaspoon salt

1 1 / 2 cup raisins

2 cups brown sugar

4 eggs

1 cup milk

1 cup reduced or butter

Sift flour, baking soda, spices and salt. Stir in the raisins until well coated. Whisk the eggs, cream shortening, gradually add sugar and beaten, the light. To this, addflour alternately with milk.

Pour into greased, round cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool, frost with white frosting and decorate with sweets after Christmas.

Poinsettia Cake

1 cup butter or margarine

2 cups sugar, sifted

4 eggs

2 1 / 2 teaspoon baking powder

3 cups flour

1 cup milk

2.1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoonVanilla

Butter or margarine with sugar sifted. Then add 4 eggs, reserving the white of an egg. Stirring, until a light lemon color. Sift together baking powder and flour and mix the eggs, alternating with milk. Add the nutmeg and vanilla.

Pour into a greased mold and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. After cooling, frost with recipe below.

Honing

Boil 1 cupsoft sugar, 1 / 3 cup water, 1 / 8 teaspoon cream of tartar ball. Beat the egg whites stiff, reserved, remove the syrup boiling, all against the clock. If you develop fat on the cake. Decorate with colored icing to form a tube forms of poinsettias.

Note: Each time an egg recipe is added, the mixture must reach 160 degrees to be sure.