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Nut Cake

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A home-kitchen version of nut cake, written step by step so it's easy to follow that's worth the oven time.

Nut Cake
Total
120 min
Level
Medium

Ingredients

  • 1 c. pecans
  • 1/2 c. raisins
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, cloves and mace
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 5 eggs, separated
  • 1/2 c. molasses
  • 1/4 c. brandy, sherry or whiskey

Method

  1. Break up nuts; mix half of the flour with raisins and nuts. Sift other flour with spices and soda.

  2. Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten yolks, molasses and wine.

  3. Fold in beaten egg whites, then floured raisins and nuts, lastly, the sifted flour.

  4. Pour into greased pan.

  5. Bake 2 hours at 300°.

  6. Cool.

  7. Sprinkle with wine, whiskey or brandy.

  8. Wrap in waxed paper.

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