Chestnut Spice Fruit Cake With White Icing

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp ground mixed spices
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup raisins, seeded and floured
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1/3 cup sweet chocolate
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 cup boiled chestnuts, ground
• confectioners' sugar

Method

1. 1 Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs for 5 minutes, then mix in milk.
2. 2 Sift cornstarch, flour, spices, and baking powder; stir into wet ingredients.
3. 3 Fold in raisins and nuts; pour into a greased loaf pan.
4. 4 Bake in a moderate oven (350°F) for 45 minutes.
5. 5 Frost with white boiled icing.
6. 6 Melt chocolate with lemon juice and ground chestnuts; add sugar to make a paste. Shape into cats or figures and press into the icing.