Japanese Fruit Cake - butter

Method

• Sift flour 3 times before measuring. Add baking powder and salt and sift again. Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add 1/3 flour and blend well. Add 1/2 milk and blend well. Add another 1/3 flour and blend, then the other 1/2 milk and finally, the last 1/3 flour and blend well. Pour 2/3 batter into 2 pans which have been lined with wax paper. To remaining 1/3 batter, add 3/4 teaspoon each cinnamon and allspice, 1/4 tsp. cloves and 1/4 pound of raisins, chopped fine. Pour into cake pan which has been lined with wax paper. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes.