Auntie Alice’s Raspberry Cake

A delicious cake with Raspberries on top, this is a traditional recipe on the raspberry farm. It’s wonderful hot, but it’s equally delicious the next day, when the juice sets in a bit.

• 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups fresh raspberries 

Cream margarine and sugar. Add well beaten egg and vanilla. Add dry ingredents alternating with milk, beating just enough to keep batter smooth. Pour into greased and floured 7½ by 11 inch pan and spread or sprinkle raspberries on top. Bake at 375 degrees. 35 to 40 minutes. Drizzle with vanilla icing while warm. 

Icing:

• 2 cups of icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

enough milk to make a thin icing

Mix icing sugar and vanilla and mix in enough milk to make a thin icing.