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Valentine's Day Recipes
Romantic Lovers Cake
INGREDIENTS
1/2 c Butter or margarine
2 Eggs, large
5 ts Baking powder
2/3 c Milk
1/2 ts Almond extract
2/3 c Sugar
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Toasted wheat germ
1 ts Vanilla
Grated rind of half a lemon
2 c Chopped dried fruit
2 tb Flour for dredging fruit
Icing sugar for dusting
PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a bowl, cream butter with sugar until
fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time until well incorporated.
3. In another bowl, combine flour, baking
powder and wheat germ. Combine milk with vanilla, almond extract
and lemon rind.
4. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture
alternating with milk until combined. Fold in flavored dried
fruits.
5. Spoon batter into a well-buttered and
floured 2-quart tube pan.
6. Bake for about 1 hour or until toothpick
inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
7. Let cool for 10 minutes in pan, then
turn out cake and cool on rack.
