1 1/2 c Sugar 3 c Flour
3/4 c Butter 1/2 ts Salt
1 c Milk 4 ts Baking powder
4 Egg whites 1 ts Lemon flavoring
1 1/2 c Chopped figs 1 ts Cinnamon
1 tb Molasses
Prize winning recipe Cream sugar and butter. Add milk. Sift flour,
measure, and sift with salt and baking powder. Add 1/2 flour. Fold in
stiffly beaten egg whites, remainder of flour, and flavoring. Add
molasses, cinnamon, and figs, which have been dredged in 2
tablespoons of the flour, to 2/3 of the mixture. Pour into
well-oiled and slightly floured tube pan alternating spoonfuls of the
light and dark mixture. Bake in moderate oven (375 F) about 55
minutes. Mabel C. Hamlett, Holland, MO.
Yields
6 servings