Baking
Apricot Cake
Apricots and light raisins simmered down first, cream cheese in the batter, an hour and a half low.
Total
2 hr
Oven
300°F / 150°C
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup light raisins
- 1 pkg chopped apricots
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz)
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
Method
- Boil together 2 cups water, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup light raisins and 1 pkg chopped apricots. Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Cream together 1 cup butter and 1 cup sugar. Add 4 eggs one at a time.
- Add the cream cheese and the vanilla.
- Add the apricot mixture and stir.
- Add 2 1/2 cups flour and 1 1/2 tsp baking powder.
- Bake in a tube pan at 300 for 1 1/2 hours.
Source: Nan's recipe book
wolfeats.ca/recipes/apricot-cake/