Prince of Wales Cake

Black Part

  • 1 cupful brown sugar
  • 1/2 cupful batter
  • 1/2 cupful sour milk
  • 1/2 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in warm water
  • 1 tablespoonful molasses
  • 2 cupfuls flour
  • 1 cupful chopped raisins
  • yolks of 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg

Dredge the fruit before adding. Bake in two layers.

White Past

  • 1 cupful flour
  • 1/2 cupful cornstarch
  • 1/2 cupful sweet milk
  • whites of 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cupful butter creamed with 1 cupful of powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder sifted in the flour

Bake in 2 layers. Put together dark and light alternately. Frost with almond icing.