Recipe - Gateau Mes Amours (Lovers Cake)

One half cup Butter or margarine
2 x Eggs, large
5 teaspoon Baking powder
2/3 cup Milk
One half teaspoon Almond extract
2/3 cup Sugar
1 One half cup Allpurpose flour
One half cup Toasted wheat germ
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Grated rind of half a lemon
2 cup Chopped dried fruit such
As apricots, dates and
Prunes
2 tablespoon Flour for dredging fruit
Icing sugar for dusting

In bowl, cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time
until incorporated. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and wheat
germ. Combine milk with vanilla, almond extract and lemon rind. Add dry
ingredients to creamed mixture alternating with milk until combined. Fold
in flavored dried fruits. Spoon batter into a wellbuttered and floured
2quart tube pan. Bake in a preheated 350'F. oven for 1 hour or until
tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes, then
turn out cake and let cool on rack.

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