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Emily Dickinson's Black Cake

Recipe name:
Emily Dickinson's Black Cake

Recipe category:
Baked Goods

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Recipe detials:

1/2 lb Sugar 1/2 lb Butter 5 Eggs 1/8 pt Molasses 1/2 lb Flour 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 Nutmeg 1 t Clove 1 t Mace 1 t Cinnamon 1/8 pt Brandy 1 lb Raisins 2/3 lb Currants 2/3 lb Citron 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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