Ribbon Cake
5 teaspoons baking powder Whites 4 eggs 1½ teaspoon cinnamon 14 teaspoon mace 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces 1/3 cup figs, finely chopped 1 tablespoon molasses Mix first seven ingredients in order given. Bake twothirds of the mixture in two layer-cake pans. To the remainder add spices, fruit, and molasses, and bake in a layer-cake pan. Put layers together with jelly (apple usually being preferred, as it has less flavor), having the dark layer in the centre.