Lowney’s – Spice Cake

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter (110g)
• 1½ cups brown sugar (approx. 300g)
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk (120ml)
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour (approx. 240g)
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ⅛ teaspoon clove

Method

1. Mix and sift dry ingredients, add butter, sugar, eggs and milk, and beat until smooth.
2. Bake in a moderate oven forty minutes.
3. One cup chopped raisins, or one cup chopped dates may be added to this cake.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard