Ribbon Cake Recipe

Ingredients for Ribbon Cake

• ½ cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• Yolks 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3½ cups flour
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• Whites 4 eggs
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon mace
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
• 1/3 cup figs, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon molasses

Instructions

1. Mix first seven ingredients in order given.
2. Bake two-thirds of the mixture in two layer-cake pans.
3. To the remainder add spices, fruit, and molasses, and bake in a layer-cake pan.
4. Put layers together with jelly (apple usually being preferred, as it has less flavor), having the dark layer in the centre.