Watermelon Cake
Watermelon Cake
This cake appears in a number of old Western recipe books
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsps baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp lemon or orange bits
Red food coloring
1/2 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 350 deg F
Cream sugar & butter until well mixed
Add milk & mix well for at least 2 min at medium-high speed
In a separate bowl, blend baking powder, salt & flour
Add to sugar mixture, slowly mixing all the while
Fold in lemon or orange bits
Separate batter into two bowls & set one aside
In the second bowl add a few drops of red food coloring
Mix & add until a nice pink color appears
Fold in raisins to the pink-colored mixture
Grease & flour two 8-inch cake pans
Pour half the white batter around the outside edge of each of the cake pans
Pour the pink batter into the middle of each pan
Tap the pans lightly to ensure the colors merge
Bake for 40 min
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