Japanese Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
4 eggs, well beaten
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. raisins
1 c. pecans
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, beating well.
Sift flour, measure and sift 3 times again with baking powder and salt.
Add dry mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.
Add vanilla.
Divide batter in half.
With one part, cook two light-colored layers.
To the other half of the batter, add raisins, pecans, cloves and cinnamon. Using this batter, bake two more layers.
It is optional to use white or yellow cake mix.