Scripture Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (judges 5 -- 25)
• 3/4 cup molasses (jeremiah 6 -- 20)
• 2 cups flour (i kings 4 -- 22)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (amos 4 -- 5)
• 1 dash salt (leviticus 2 -- 13)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (ii chronicles 9 -- 9)
• 1/4 teaspoon clove (ii chronicles 9 -- 9)
• 1/8 teaspoon ginger (ii chronicles 9 -- 9)
• 3 eggs, beaten (jeremiah 17 -- 11)
• 1/2 cup buttermilk (judges 4 -- 19)
• 1/3 cup honey (1 samuel 14 -- 25)
• 1 cup raisins (1 samuel 30 -- 12)
• 1 cup dried fig, chopped (nahum 3 -- 12)
• 1/2 cup almonds, chopped (numbers 17 -- 8)
• 1/2 cup wine (proverbs 31 -- 6) or 1/2 cup orange juice (proverbs 31 -- 6)

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, cream butter until fluffy; blend in molasses.
• 2 stir together flour, baking soda, salt and spices in another bowl.
• 3 mix eggs, buttermilk, and honey in a third bowl.
• 4 add egg mixture and flour mixture alternately to butter mixture; mix well.
• 5 stir in raisins, figs and almonds.
• 6 turn mixture into a greased and floured 9" x 5" x 3" loaf pan.
• 7 bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.
• 8 loosely cover with foil and bake 50 minutes more.
• 9 allow to cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
• 10 brush all sides with wine or orange juice.
• 11 wrap in foil and store 1 to 2 days in refrigerator.