Almond Butter Christmas Cake

• 3 cups cake flour, sifted
• 3 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 3/4 cup Butter; or shortening
• 1 1/2 c Sugar
• 3 each Eggs; unbeaten
• 1/2 cup Almonds; finely chopped
• 1/2 cup Raisins; finely cut
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla

1. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift
2. together three times. Cream butter thoroughly. add sugar gradually,
3. and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time,
4. beating thoroughly after each.
5. Add nuts and raisins and beat well. Add flour, alternately with milk,
6. a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
7. Add vanilla.
8. Bake in two greased 9-incb layer pans in moderate oven (375 degrees
9. F.) 25 minutes, or until done. Spread Boiled Frosting (see recipe)
10. between layers and on top and sides of cake. Decorate top of cake
11. with wreath of holly, using pieces of maraschino cherries or red
12. cinnamon candies for berries, and slices of angelica or citron for
13. leaves and stems. Or decorate with poinsettias made of candied
14. cherries. Slice cherries in rings, cut rings in half, and arrange to
15. form petals of poinsettias.

cake flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, raisins, milk, vanilla

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/almond-butter-christmas-cake-1214315 (may not work)