Eat The Word!

I ran across this recipe at http://www.poofcat.com/inspir41.html  and had fun making it with our kids at church to kick off a new year of Sunday School.  One note: It says to bake for an hour and a half, but this was waaayyy too long!  I cut it down to an hour and it still overbaked, so if I try it again, I will cut it down even more.  Since we wouldn't have had time to bake the cake, I pre-baked one for us to eat and had the kids take turns reading scriptures and adding ingredients to the bowl, then we ate the pre-baked one.  One more note:  I didn't think kids would eat it if it had big clumps of figs and dates in it, so I pulverized everything in a food processor.

Enjoy!

EXTRA FRUITY SCRIPTURE CAKE GOOD WHENEVER YOU WISH TO ENJOY The Bible often likens the Word of God to food. Job had an "appetite for God's Word more than his necessary food." (Job 23:12.) The Psalmist regarded the Word as "sweeter than honey from the honeycomb" (Psalms 19:10). In the Book of Revelation, John was instructed to take God's Word and "eat the book" (Rev. 10:9). This fun recipe is another way of eating God's Word. The children of the house will have a great time in helping make this cake. Have the older children look up the scriptures to find the ingredients. 1 Cup golden raisins (1 Samuel 25:18..."a hundred clusters of raisins") 1 Cup figs, chopped (Isaiah 34:4..."fig from the fig tree") 1 Cup almonds, finely chopped (Numbers 17:23..."bore ripe almonds" 1 Cup dates, chopped (Exodus 15:27..."there were seventy palms") 11/2 Cups flour (Leviticus 2:5..."fine flour, unleavened) 1 pinch salt (Leviticus 2:13..."season with salt" 1 tsp. cinnamon (Exodus 30:23..."of sweet cinnamon) 1 dash ginger and allspice (Song of Solomon 4:10..."all manner of spices) 1 tsp. baking powder (Amos 4:5..."of that which is leavened" 3 large eggs (Isaiah 10:14..."one gathereth eggs") 1 Cup sugar (Jeremiah 6:20..."and the sweet cane") 1/2 Cup vegetable oil (Numbers 11:8..."cake baked with oil") 1 Tblsp. honey (Judges 14:18..."what is sweeter than honey?) Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F) or 165 degrees (C). In a medium bowl combine raisins, dates, figs, and almonds. Set aside. In a large bowl beat eggs until light. Gradually add sugar and continue beating for 5 minutes. Add oil and honey slowly and continue beating another 5 minutes. Add flour, salt, baking powder, and spices, a little at a time. Stir until well blended. Finally, fold in the fruit and nuts. Pour into well-greased 5"x9" loaf pan or two smaller pans. Bake about 11/2 hours for large loaf, 45 minutes to 1 hour for smaller loaves. Let cool for a few hours then slice with a sharp knife. Keeps well in refrigerator.