German Raisin Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs, separated
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 cup white raisins
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• nuts (opt.)

Directions

Set oven to 500 degrees F. When ready to put cake in oven, reduce heat to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar; add egg yolks. Sift flour and baking powder; add alternately with milk. Add vanilla. Chop raisins and nuts; shake them in some flour, then add to batter. Beat egg whites and fold into batter. Grease and flour tube pan and pour batter in. Bake 1 hour or till cake tester comes out clean.

By Robin from Washington, IA