Christmas Cake from Norway

Recipe makes 1 - 11 inch loaf pan

Ingredients:

• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
  
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk, homogenized
  
• 1/2 cup raisins, soaked in boiled water with a good splash of Rye
• *If you don't want raisins then candied fruit can be substituted.
  
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon or vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. cardamom or 1/2 teaspoon cardamom flavored extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Grease an 11 inch loaf pan.
3. Cream the butter or margarine and the sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add the eggs and egg yolk, one at a time beating well after each one.
5. Stir in the milk, lemon/vanilla and cardamom flavourings.
6. Stir in the flour and the baking powder.
7. If you don't want to soak the raisins then toss them in a little flour and stir them into the batter.
8. Pour the batter into a prepared pan.
9. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes.