Watermelon Cake

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Title: Watermelon Cake
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 6 servings

1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Sweet milk
3 Egg whites
2 c Flour, sifted
3 1/2 ts Baking powder
Lemon juice to taste
4 Dr red food coloring
1/2 c Raisins

Take a little more than 1/2 of the mixture and to it add 1 teaspoon
liquid cochineal (modern: few drops of red food color) and 1/2 cup
raisins. Put the red part in the centre and bake. Cover with a
frosting colored green with spinach (suggest: green food color).

Source: Blue Ribbon Cook Book, 1905 Winnipeg Manitoba Shared by
Elizabeth Rodier

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