Ingredients

1 cup of flour.
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of Raisins.
¼ cup of butter or margarine.
1 small container plain yogurt.
3 eggs.
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 lemon.
2 Tablespoons of rum.
A pinch of salt.
Confectioner’s sugar

Peel the pears and remove the stem.
Put the wine and sugar in a dish .
Add the pears and allow to simmer over low heat for 30 minutes

Method of preparation:

You must separate the whites of the eggs from the yolks. put the whites in a medium sized bowl, be sure it is clean and dry. Put the yolks in a small bowl.

Place the raisins in a bowl and cover with water for 15 minutes.

Grate the lemon rind, and juice the lemon and set aside.

Put the butter or margarine in the microwave for 1 minute.

In a large bowl place the butter, and the sugar and blend well. Be sure it is well mixed.

Add to this the lemon rind, the lemon juice, the egg yolks, and the yogurt. Beat well for about 3 minutes.

In a large bowl put the flour, the baking powder, and the salt. To this little by little add the mixture you have beaten. While adding this do not stop mixing until it is all well blended.

Take the raisins from the water and dry them. Flour them so that they are well coated.

Add the floured raisins and the rum to the mixture.

Beat the egg whites in the bowl in which they were saved. Beat them vigorously until they peak.

Finally add the beaten egg whites to the mixture we have already prepared. Mix well.

Grease and flour a nine inch cake pan. Cover the inside with a film of shortening and dust with flour so the cake will not stick.

Place in the oven set low for about 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes check to see how it is cooking. It is possible that you will not need any more time. But if you see that it is still soft leave it another 5 minutes. It can be tested with a clean dinner knife. Stick the knife in the center, if it comes out clean the cake is done if not it needs more time.

When it is done, let it cool. Once col take it out of the cake pan and put it on a plate.

Cover the top with confectioner’s sugar and decorate with raisins.

It goes well with a good cup of coffee, or for the children a cup of hot chocolate. But if you prefer it can be eaten alone.

Peak: This is done simply by beating the egg whites vigorously.

Beat they vigorously and you will see how they turn white and increase in volume.

For this, they must be in a large, totally dry bowl.