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A Christmas Cake
Author/Submitted by:
The Dunkard-Dutch Cookbook @1965 BSN 911-410-10-4
Servings: 4
Categories:
Cakes
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Christmas
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1
pound
Sugar 1
pound
Butter 1
pound
Citron 1
pound
Currants 2
pounds
Raisins,
seeded
1 1/2
pounds
Flour 2/3
cup
Currant jelly 12
Eggs 1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1
teaspoon
Salt 1
dash
Cayenne 1
dash
Black pepper 1
cup
Molasses 1
teaspoon
Cinnamon 1
Nutmeg,
grated
1/4
teaspoon
Cloves 2/3
teaspoon
Allspice
Directions:
A pound each of sugar, butter, citron and currants, two pounds of raisins seeded, one and a half pounds flour, two thirds of a cup of currant jelly, twelve eggs, a teaspoonful of soda and one of salt; a dash of cayenne and black pepper and a cupful of molasses. Divide the flour into two parts into one of which put a teaspoonful of cinnamon, a grated nutmeg, a quarter of a teaspoonful of cloves, and two thirds of a teaspoonful of allspice; with the other part mix fruit, cream the butter and sugar, and add the eggs well-beaten. Dissolve the soda in warm water and stir it into the molasses, mix well together and put in pans lined with buttered paper. Bake for two hours in a warm oven.
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