Easter Babka - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. unsifted flour
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 c. corn oil or 1/2 stick margarine
1/4 c. seedless raisins
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
3 eggs, room temperature
1/4 c. mixed can dried fruit

Preparation

Thoroughly
mix
3/4
cup
flour, sugar and undissolved yeast in
large
bowl.
Combine milk and oleo in a pan.
Heat over
low heat
until
liquid
is warm (oleo does not need to melt), gradually add to dry ingredients and beat 2 minutes at medium speed
of
electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. Add eggs and
1/2
cup
flour or enough flour to make a thick batter.
Beat at
high
speed 2 minutes, scrape occasionally. Add
remaining flour and beat 2 minutes at high speed.
Cover, let
rise
in warm
place
free from draft about 1 hour until bubbly.
Stir
in fruit
and
raisins.
Turn into greased and floured
2-quart
tube pan.
Let rise, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 40 minutes.
Before removing from pan, prick
surface
with
fork, pour
rum syrup over cake.
After absorbed,
remove
from pan and cool on wire rack.
When cool, frost with confectioners sugar frosting.