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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour lightly THREE (8-by-1 1/2-inch) round layer cake pans. | 2. Chop raisins and 1 cup walnuts fine; place in a medium bowl. | 3. Add baking soda; then stir in boiling water. | 4. Let mixture cool 1/2 hour. | 5. Sift flour with cinnamon and salt. | 6. In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, beat 3/4 cup butter until creamy. | 7. Add sugar, a little at a time, beating until light and fluffy. | 8. Stop beater once or twice; scrape down side of bowl with rubber spatula. | 9. Add eggs and egg yolks, one at a time. | 10. Beat after each addition; scrape side of bowl with rubber spatula. | 11. Beat until light and fluffy. | 12. Add lemon juice and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. | 13. With wooden spoon, beat in flour mixture, in fourths, alternately with nut mixture, in thirds; begin and end with flour mixture. | 14. Pour batter into prepared pans. | 15. Place in oven, leaving space between pans. | 16. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until top springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip and cake pulls away from edge. | 17. Cool on wire rack 5 minutes. | 18. With small spatula, loosen edge. | 19. Turn out on wire rack; turn top up; let cool completely—about 1 hour. | 20. MAKE FROSTING: In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, beat cheese with butter and vanilla until creamy. | 21. Add the confectioners; sugar; beat until light and fluffy. | 22. Using 1 1/2 cups frosting, put layers together. | 23. Use rest of frosting to cover top and side of cake. | 24. With metal spatula, make decorative swirls in frosting; coarsely chop remaining walnuts; sprinkle around top. | 25. Refrigerate until serving. | 26. Makes 16 servings. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
raisin	1 1/2	cups	seedless	747.45	196.812	8.3902	1.1385
walnut	1 1/2	cups		2890.68	0.0	0.0	327.0
baking soda	1 1/2	1/2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1 1/2	cups	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	2 1/4	cups	sifted	-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	3/4	cup		1026.0	47.141999999999996	32.058	86.4
sugar	1 1/2	cups		1208.97	302.394	0.0	0.0
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
egg yolk	2			109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
lemon juice	1 1/2	1/2		5.0325	1.5784	0.0801	0.0549
vanilla extract	1 1/2	1/2		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
cream cheese	1	package	softened	-	-	-	-
butter	2/3	cup	softened	1026.0	47.141999999999996	32.058	86.4
vanilla extract	3	teaspoons		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
confectioner ' sugar	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.