WHITE Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pound butter
• 2 C sugar
• 10 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 1/2 C flour
• 1/2 C sherry or brandy
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 c flour
• 2 packages candied fetus mix
• 1 C raisins (golden, if possible)
• 1 C chopped nuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg. F.
2. Place a pan of water on bottom shelf of oven.
3. Generously grease pans, line with brown paper, then with waxed paper.  Trim to 1/4" from the top of pan.  Perhaps use parchment paper?   This recipe was written a while ago.
4. Cream butter, add sugar and mix well.  
5. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.  Then add vanilla, the 3 1/2 C of flour, baking powder, and sherry/brandy.
6. In separate bowl, mix together fruits, raisins and nuts.  Mix with the 1/2 C flour so fruits don't stick together.
7. Add to cake mixture, mixing well so fruits are equally distributed.
8. Fill pans about 3/4 full.
9. Bake in oven for 30 minutes, then lower heat to 300 deg. F for 45 minutes.

Neapolitan Pound Cake (Fusayo Scannell)

 Ingredients

• 1 pkg 8-ounce cream cheese, softened
• 1 box white or yellow cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 C milk or water
• 3/4 C Nestle's chocolate Quik
• 3/4 C Nestle's Strawberry Quick (OR add 1 tsp strawberry extract and several drops of red food coloring to the original cake mix)
• 1 tsp vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg (325 for colored fluted bundt pan)
2. Grease and flour bundt cake pan.
3. Blend cream cheese and eggs until smooth.
4. Blend in cake mix and milk.  Beat at highest speed for two minutes.
5. In two cups of batter, mix in Strawberry Quick.  Pour into bundt pan (distribute batter evenly).
6. In another two cups of batter mix in vanilla.  Pour batter into pan and distribute evenly.
7. In remaining batter, add chocolate Quik and pour into pan.
8. Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
9. Cool upright in pan for 45 minutes.
10. Then loosen edges and remove from pan.  Cool completely before serving.

Okinawan Doughnuts (Fusayo Scannell)

 Ingredients

• 3 C flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 C sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 C milk

Directions

1. Mix dry ingredients.
2. Add eggs.
3. Add a little milk at a time to make it thick enough to hold in hand without running out.
4. Drop by tablespoonfuls into hot oil.

Peanut Butter Clouds (Fusayo Sakasegawa) ONO!

 Ingredients

• 1 C butter              ]
• 1 C peanut butter   ]   CREAM TOGETHER

Gradually add:

• 1 C sugar
• 1 C powdered sugar (sift)

Add to above:

• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 C flour
• 2 tsp baking 'soda
• 1 tsp salt

Directions

1. Chill dough.
2. Shape into balls 1 inch in diameter and place on oiled cookie sheet.
3. Flatten with fork dipped in flour.
4. Bake at 350 deg F for about 12 - 15 minutes.
5. Makes six dozen.