*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                           Heirloom Spice Cake

Recipe By     : The Farm Journal's Complete Home Baking Book, 1979
Serving Size  : 16   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2       c            Unbleached flour -- sifted
   1       ts           Baking soda
     1/2   ts           Salt
   1       ts           Ground cinnamon
     1/2   ts           Ground nutmeg
     1/4   ts           Ground cloves
   1       c            Butter
   1       c            Sugar
   1       lg           Egg
   1       c            Sour milk
   1       c            Walnuts -- chopped
   1       c            Raisins
                        Confectioners sugar -- sifted

  Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices together and set
  aside.
  
  Cream the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until
  light and fluffy using an electric mixer set at medium speed. Beat
  in the egg.
  
  Add the dry ingredients alternately with the sour milk, beating
  well after each addition, using an electric mixer set at low speed.
  Stir in the walnuts and raisins. Pour the batter into a 13x9x2"
  baking pan.
  
  Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 40 minutes or until the cake
  tests done. Sprinkle with sifted confectioners sugar.
  
  Note:
  
  To sour milk, place 1 tb vinegar in a measuring cup and add enough
  milk to make 1 cup.


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