1/4 lb. ground almonds
2 cupfuls powdered sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoonful almond extract
_For cake_. Cream Crisco and sugar together, add eggs well beaten,
flour, baking powder, salt, almond extract, raisins, and peel. Make
filling by mixing almonds with powered sugar, eggs well beaten and
almond extract. Line Criscoed cake tin with paper and place in half
of cake mixture, then put in layer of filling, then remaining half of
cake mixture. Bake in moderate oven. When cake is nearly baked, place
remaining almond paste on top and finish baking. Cake takes from one
hour to one and a quarter hours.
Sufficient for medium-sized cake.