Vintage Recipe Thursday – Scripture Cake

SCRIPTURE CAKE
Behold there was a cake baken. I-Kings, 19:6
> ½ cup butter
Judges, 5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
>2 cups flour
I-Kings, 4:22 And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour…
>½ tsp. salt
Leviticus, 2:13 …with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
> 1 cup figs
I-Samuel, 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him…
>1½ cups sugar
Jeremiah, 6:20…the sweet cane from a far country…
> 2 tsp. baking powder
Luke, 13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened
> ½ cup water
Genesis, 24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
>1 cup raisins
I-Samuel, 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him…
> 3 eggs
Isaiah, 10:14 …and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth…
> Cinnamon, mace, cloves
I-Kings, 10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones…
> 1 tblsp. honey
Proverbs, 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste
> ½ cup almonds
Genesis, 43:11 … a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds
Blend butter, sugar, spices and salt. Beat egg yolks and add. Sift in baking powder and flour, then add the water and honey. Put fruit and nuts thru food chopper and flour well. Follow Solomon’s advice for making good boys—1st clause of Proverbs, 23:14-Thou shalt beat him with the rod. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake for 1 hour in 375-f oven.
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(and please don’t beat boys with rods to make them good… I’m quite certain this is much better advice for making good cakes - The contemporary English translation of this verse is Don’t fail to correct your children…
Grandmother Wren
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