Christmas Cake Icelandic Recipe

This is a very simple Christmas cake recipe that I had the pleasure to learn from a friend from Iceland...

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Ingredients:

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon cardamom flavored extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup milk

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 175 C. Grease one 11 inch loaf pan. Cream the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at time beating well after each one. Pour milk, lemon and cardamom flavorings and keep stirring.

Stir in the flour and the baking powder. Sift a little flour over the raisins then stir them into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Put in the heated oven for 55 to 60 minutes.