Prince of Wales Cake

Name: Prince of Wales Cake
Cook time: P1H
Total time: P1H20M
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: butter; brown sugar; egg yolks; raisins, seedless; molasses; flour; sour milk; nutmeg; cloves; baking soda; flour; cornstarch; butter; sugar; milk; baking powder; egg whites

Submitted by longdriver405

YIELD

1 cake

PREP

20 min

COOK

60 min

READY

80 min

Ingredients

Dark part

CUP BUTTER

CUP BROWN SUGAR *

EACH EGG YOLKS *

CUP RAISINS, SEEDLESS
dredged with flour

TABLESPOON MOLASSES

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
sifted

CUP SOUR MILK

TEASPOON NUTMEG

TEASPOON CLOVES
ground

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

White part

CUP ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

CUP CORNSTARCH

CUP BUTTER
softened

CUP SUGAR
granulated

CUP MILK

TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER

EACH EGG WHITES
stiffly beaten *

Directions

DARK CAKE: Cream butter; then add sugar, beating well.

Add egg yolks singly, with a spoonful of the flour.

Beat well and add raisins.

Slowly pour in molasses and milk, with a small amount of the flour.

Sieve in remaining flour, with spices and soda.

Mix well. Pour into prepared straight-sided pan and bake at 350℉ (180℃) for about 1 hour. WHITE CAKE: Sift flour and cornstarch. Rub in butter. Blend in sugar. Mix milk with baking powder and combine well. Fold in egg whites. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for about 1 hour. While no instructions were provided, caramel or almond icing are suggested for this cake.