Cake Recipes
Scripture Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter — Psalms 55:21
- 2 cups granulated sugar — Jeremiah 6:20
- 6 eggs — Isaiah 10:14
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour — I Kings 4:22
- 1/8 teaspoon salt — Luke 14:34
- 2 teaspoons baking powder — I Corinthians 5:6
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg — II Chronicles 9:9
- 4 teaspoons cinnamon — II Chronicles 9:9
- 2 teaspoons allspice — II Chronicles 9:9
- 2 teaspoons ground cloves — II Chronicles 9:9
- 2 tablespoons honey — Judges 4:19
- 1/2 cup milk — Judges 4:19
- 2 cups raisins — II Samuel 16:1
- 2 cups chopped figs — Song of Solomon 2:13
- 2 cups blanched, slivered almonds — Numbers 17:8
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and ground cloves and add alternately with the milk to the batter.
- Stir in the honey and fold in fruits and nuts; mix well.
- Bake in two greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pans for one hour or until done.
- Cool for 30 minutes before removing cakes from pans to rack to finish cooling.