1/2 lb sugar
1/2 lb butter
5 eggs
1/8 pt molasses
1/2 lb flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 nutmeg
1 tsp clove
1 tsp mace
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 pt brandy
1 lb raisins
2/3 lb currants
2/3 lb citron
A Recipe for
Emily Dickinson's Black Cake
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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
Serves: 1
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