Title: Mckiel Cake
Categories: Cake
Yield: 1 Loaf

2 1/2	c	Sugar
1	c	Butter
5		Eggs
2	c	Raisins (if desired)
1	c	Milk
1	ts	Vanilla
4	c	Flour
3	ts	Baking powder

Cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs one at a time, beating very well after each addition. Add other ingred. Bake in moderate (325) oven about 1 hour. Divide batter to make different types. Floured cherries = cherry pound cake. Caraway seeds for caraway cake. Glaced fruits = fruit pound cake.

Note: This cake is very much like a pound cake. Excellent recipe given to me by my mother-in-law. I have been using it for years.

From: Florence Thompson Date: 12-23-94

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