Apricot Raisin Cake
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(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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