Unleavened seed cake

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupButter
2cupsSugar
4Eggs
½cupMilk
OR 2 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk diluted
With 6 Tbsp water
½teaspoonSalt
½cupChopped nuts
1teaspoonVanilla
OR 1 tsp almond flavoring
teaspoonMace
1teaspoonCaraway seed
½cupChopped candied orange peel
3cupsFlour

Directions

Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten egg yolks and milk. Add flavoring and mace. Sift flour, measure, and sift with salt. Add caraway seed, candied orange peel, and nuts to first mixture. Beat thoroughly. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into well-oiled loaf pan. Bake in slow oven (350 F) about 1 hour. Florence Taft Eaton, Concord, MA.