Italian Cake

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Front of the Italian Cake recipe card with a notation that the recipe is from “about 1936.”

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 butter
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• dash of salt
• Pine nuts (also known as Pignola nuts)
• 1/2 cup raisins, optional
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons anise seed or 3 drops of anise oil

Instructions

1. Cream sugar and shortening
2. Add eggs and beat well
3. Add vanilla
4. Sift flour, soda, and salt
5. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture
6. Add remaining ingredients

Italian Cake