Emily Dickinsons Black Cake Recipe
Yield: 1 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1/2 lbs: Sugar,
1/2 lbs: Butter,
5: Eggs,
1/8 pint: Molasses,
1/2 lbs: Flour,
1/2 tsp: Baking soda,
1/2: Nutmeg,
1 tsp: Clove,
1 tsp: Mace,
1 tsp: Cinnamon,
1/8 pint: Brandy,
1 lbs: Raisins,
2/3 lbs: Currants,
2/3 lbs: Citron,
Directions:
Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and molasses. Beat well. Add flour,
soda, and spices. Add brandy, then raisins, currants, and citron.
Pour dough into 2 loaf pans [4 fruitcake pans*] lined with waxed
paper and bake 3-4 hrs at 300F [60-70 min at 325F*]. Place shallow
pan of hot water on bottom of oven, but remove for last hr of baking.
[Test with toothpick.*] Let loaves cool before removing from pan.
[*suggestions of a practiced experimenter (not myself!)]
Posted By bhsiung@uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu (Dr. Bob) On
rec.food.recipes or rec.food.cooking
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soda, and spices. Add brandy, then raisins, currants, and citron.
Pour dough into 2 loaf pans [4 fruitcake pans*] lined with waxed
paper and bake 3-4 hrs at 300F [60-70 min at 325F*]. Place shallow
pan of hot water on bottom of oven, but remove for last hr of baking.
[Test with toothpick.*] Let loaves cool before removing from pan.
[*suggestions of a practiced experimenter (not myself!)]
Posted By bhsiung@uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu (Dr. Bob) On
rec.food.recipes or rec.food.cooking
Source from luhu.jp
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