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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 180 Minutes |
Ready In: 200 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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An old fashioned Southern Style nut cake. Like fruit cake, this will last several weeks covered in aluminum foil. It has lots of nuts. It is a nut lovers dream. Ingredients:
1 lb flour (4 cups) |
1 lb sugar (2 cups) |
3/4 lb butter |
1/2 cup molasses |
1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in |
1 cup bourbon (don't use scotch) or 1 cup rye whiskey (don't use scotch) |
2 lbs shelled pecans (8 cups) or 2 lbs walnuts (8 cups) |
2 boxes seeded raisins (muscat) (optional) |
6 eggs |
1 teaspoon ground cloves |
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 275°F.
2. Coat raisins and nuts with flour and set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time.
4. Add molasses and spices, then add floured nuts and raisins.
5. (Note: if not using raisins you may wish to add extra nuts) Last add whiskey and soda mixture.
6. Bake in large bundt pan lined with waxed paper for 3 to 3 1/2 hours over a pan of water set on the oven floor.
7. Keeps for weeks wrapped in aluminum foil.
8. For a Christmas cake that will last even longer wrap cake in cheesecloth dampened with Bourbon and then in foil and store in a cool place. Check Cheese cloth at least once a week and dampen again as needed.
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