JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE 
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 c. sifted flour
4 eggs
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla

FILLING:

1 sm. can crushed pineapple, drained
Juice of 2 lemons
Grated rind of 1 lemon
1 good sized coconut, grated
2 c. sugar
1 c. boiling water
2 tbsp. cornstarch

Cream butter and sugar until light, add beaten eggs, one at a time. Sift and dry ingredients alternately with milk and flavoring. (Bake in greased pans in 375 degree oven for 25 minutes.) Before pouring batter into pans, divide in half and add to one half 1 teaspoon each CINNAMON and ALLSPICE, 1/2 teaspoon CLOVES, 1/4 pound RAISINS, chopped fine. Bake in 2 layers. Bake white part in 2 layers.

Boil all ingredients together until thick and falls off spoon in a jelly like mass. Let cool and spread between layers of cake. Frost with 7 Minute Frosting.

 

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