European Recipes : British Recipes :English Tea Cake

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                              ENGLISH TEA CAKE
 
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 Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1       c            Butter, softened
    1       c            Sugar
    2                    Eggs
    2                    Scant c flour
      1/2   ts           Baking powder
      1/4   ts           Salt
    1       t            Vanilla
    1       tb           Cherry juice
   12                    Maraschino cherries
      1/2   c            White raisins or currants
 
   (served at English High Tea)
  
   Preheat oven to 250 degrees.  Grease and flour a small tube pan.  Cream
   butter and sugar. Add eggs, beating thoroughly. Sift flour, baking powder
   and salt together. Gradually add to butter mixture. Add vanilla and cherry
   juice. Fold in cherries and raisins. Bake 1 1/4 hours.
 

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