Holiday Mincemeat Cake

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

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 4 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 (750 ml) jar mincemeat
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• icing sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together; set aside.
• 2 cream the butter, orange rind and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light.
• 3 beat in the sugar.
• 4 add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 blend in the mincemeat.
• 6 add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• 7 stir in the nuts.
• 8 turn the batter into either a greased 12-cup bundt or tube pan or a greased 9" x 13" cake pan.
• 9 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 10 if using a bundt pan, bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until done.
• 11 if using a cake pan, bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
• 12 in either case, cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
• 13 remove from the pan and cool completely.
• 14 dust with icing sugar before serving.