Scripture Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour (1 Kings 4:22)
3 tsp. baking powder (Galatians 5:9)
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg and cloves, ground
1/4 tsp. salt (Leviticus 2:13)
1 tsp. allspice (1 Kings 10:2)
1 c. butter or margarine, softened (Judges 5:25)
2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed (Jeremiah 6:20)
2 Tbsp. honey (Exodus 16:31)
6 eggs (Luke 11:12)
1 (8 oz.) pkg. dates, pitted and chopped (Deuteronomy 34:3)
2 c. raisins (1 Samuel 30:12)
1 c. walnuts, chopped (Solomon 6:11)
1 c. milk (Judges 5:25)
confectioners sugar (if desired)

Preparation

Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice.
Set aside. Cream butter and sugar; add honey and eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
Combine fruit and nuts in a small bowl.
Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the flour mixture over the fruits and nuts. Add remaining flour mixture to creamed sugar and butter alternately with milk.
Stir in fruit and nuts and spoon into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.