Japanese Fruit Cake

• 1 c. butter (2 sticks)
• 2 c. sugar
• 4 eggs (room temperature)
• 1 c. buttermilk
• 1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3 c. plain flour
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. allspice
• 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 c. chopped nuts
• 1 whole apple, peeled and grated (may add this to the white layers also, makes cake very moist)
• 1 c. raisins, soaked in bourbon overnight (do not drain)

1. Cream butter and sugar gradually; add vanilla. Sift flour, salt and soda together. Add the eggs, one at a time, to the batter mixture. Add flour and milk alternately using some flour last. Pour half of mixture into 2 greased and floured cake pans. Bake at 300u0b0 until done.

butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, vanilla flavoring, soda, salt, flour, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, nuts, apple, raisins

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=986650 (may not work)