Watermelon Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. double-acting baking powder
1 c. sugar
1/3 c. plus 1/2 c. real butter
3/4 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 egg whites
1/2 c. raisins
red food coloring
1 recipe Green Icing (recipe follows)

Preparation

This historic recipe has been transcribed from the original text in the 1883 version of the First Texas Cookbook.