Mckiel cake

1 loaf

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupSugar
1cupButter
5Eggs
2cupsRaisins (if desired)
1cupMilk
1teaspoonVanilla
4cupsFlour
3teaspoonsBaking powder

Directions

Cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs one at a time, beating very well after each addition. Add other ingred. Bake in moderate (325) oven about 1 hour. Divide batter to make different types. Floured cherries = cherry pound cake. Caraway seeds for caraway cake.

Glaced fruits = fruit pound cake.

Note: This cake is very much like a pound cake. Excellent recipe given to me by my mother-in-law. I have been using it for years.

Submitted By GRAHAM THOMPSON On 11-14-94