Bill McKereghan's Holiday Coffee Cake

Bill & Dougie McKereghan's Holiday Coffee Cake

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
4 cups sifted flour
½ teaspoon salt
4 tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk
½ cup raisins
¼ cup chopped dates
¼ cup chopped candied orange peel *
¼ cup chopped citron*
1 cup confectioners' sugar
¼ teaspoon almond extract

* (may substitute ½ cup mixed candied fruits for the orange peel and citron)

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease an angel-food-cake pan.

Cream butter and sugar together; add eggs, one at a time. Combine dry ingredients (flour, salt and baking powder) and add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk.

Combine fruits; flour with about 1 tsp. flour and add to above mixture.

Bake, in a greased, angel-food cake pan, at 350° F. for 1 hour.

Frost, while still warm, with a glaze made by combining:

1 cup confectioners' sugar

2 tablespoons. very hot water

¼ teaspoon almond extract

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