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Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift
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together three times. Cream butter thoroughly. add sugar gradually,
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and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time,
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beating thoroughly after each.
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Add nuts and raisins and beat well. Add flour, alternately with milk,
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a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
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Add vanilla.
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Bake in two greased 9-incb layer pans in moderate oven (375 degrees
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F.) 25 minutes, or until done. Spread Boiled Frosting (see recipe)
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between layers and on top and sides of cake. Decorate top of cake
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with wreath of holly, using pieces of maraschino cherries or red
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cinnamon candies for berries, and slices of angelica or citron for
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leaves and stems. Or decorate with poinsettias made of candied
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cherries. Slice cherries in rings, cut rings in half, and arrange to
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form petals of poinsettias.
