Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 eggs
2 c sugar
1 stick butter -- melted and
: cooled
1 ts grated lemon peel
1 ts vanilla extract
1 ts lemon extract
3 c all-purpose flour
2 ts baking powder
2 ts salt
1 c buttermilk
2 c slivered almonds
2 c golden raisins
3 c chopped mixed dried fruits

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a clean, empty 1-pound coffee
can. Line bottom with a piece of waxed paper, cut to fit, and grease
paper. In a large bowl beat eggs and sugaruntil thick and pale
yellow, about 5 minutes. Beat in melted butter, lemon peel and
extracts. In a small bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt and
blend into egg mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in almonds,
raisins and dried fruit. Pour batter into prepared can and place on a
baking sheet. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until bread is well browned
and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool bread in can for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish
cooling. (You may have to cut out the bottom of the can to push out
cake.) To serve, cut into slices or wedges. Makes 1 loaf

Recipe By : Nathalie Dupree

Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 20:22:09
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