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Apricot Raisin Cake

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Apricot Raisin Cake

(Photo: Marsha Tulk)

A simple snack cake from "Food, Culture, Place," a cookbook on traditional foods of Newfoundland by Marsha Tulk and Lori McCarthy.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups dried apricots, cut very small

  • 1 ½ cups white sugar

  • 2 ½ cups flour

  • 4 eggs

  • 2 tsp baking powder

  • 1 cup raisins

  • ½ cup milk

  • 1 cup butter

  • 8 oz cream cheese

  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • Cream butter, sugar and cream cheese until light and smooth.

  • Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla, flour and baking powder.

  • Take enough flour to flour fruit. Fold in fruit last.

  • Bake in a well-greased tube pan for 1 ½ hours at 300°F.

This simple snack cake recipe was given to Marsha Tulk from her grandmother on her father’s side, and is featured in "Food, Culture, Place," a cookbook on the traditional foods of Newfoundland co-authored with Lori McCarthy. This dessert recipe uses ingredients most had handy in their pantries, just in case unexpected visitors came over during the summer months.

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