Devonshire Cake
Ingredients
3/4 C. butter
2 C. sugar
4 eggs, well beaten
1 C. milk
2 tsp. baking powder
2 Tbsp. shredded almonds
1 tsp. rose water or 1 tsp. almond flavoring
1/4 C. candied orange peel
1/2 tsp. salt
3 C. cake flour
Cooking Instructions
Cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Sift flour, measure, sift with baking powder and salt. Add alternately with milk to first mixture. Add flavoring and orange peel or nuts. Pour into well-greased loaf pan and sprinkle with shredded almonds. Bake in moderate oven 375 about 40 minutes.
"But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" (Matthew 4:4)
