1234 Lane Cake

1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
4 eggs
1 c. milk
2 tsp. vanilla
3 tsp. baking powder
Lane Cake Icing

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Add milk and vanilla. Mix together flour and baking powder and add them slowly to batter. Bake in 4 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans. (Layers will be very thin.) Frost with Lane Cake Icing.

Lane Cake Icing:
12 egg yolks
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter (no margarine)
1 1/2 c. pecan pieces
1 1/2 c. seedless raisins
Beat egg yolks until light and fluffy; add sugar and butter. Cook in top of double boiler, stirring constantly until mixture begins to hold its shape and thicken. Remove from water; stir in pecans and raisins. Quickly ice between layers, brushing up the sides of the cake until mixture cools and firms. Serves 8.