Almond-coffee Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup chopped raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• light corn syrup

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease 9-inch layer cake pan.
• 3 in medium bowl, stir flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and mace.
• 4 in large bowl with electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar and butter until blended.
• 5 stir in half of flour mixture.
• 6 stir in milk, raisins, lemon peel and ¼ cup almonds.
• 7 add remaining flour mixture and beat for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• 8 pour into prepared pan.
• 9 sprinkle remaining ¼ cup almonds decoratively around edge of batter.
• 10 bake for 30-40 minutes or until cake tester inserted comes out clean.
• 11 cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 12 remove cake from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
• 13 while warm, lightly brush top with corn syrup.