Lane cake is a dessert made with white sponge cake, raisins, and whiskey. It was invented by Emma Rylander Lane of Clayton, Barbour County. She first printed the recipe in her 1898 self-published cookbook, Some Good Things to Eat.
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Lane cake is a dessert made with white sponge cake, raisins, and whiskey. It was invented by Emma Rylander Lane of Clayton, Barbour County. She first printed the recipe in her 1898 self-published cookbook, Some Good Things to Eat.