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Seventh Heaven Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • For the steamed dessert,stir together,flour,sugar,baking powder,cinnamon,soda,salt,and cloves.
  • In another bowl,combine eggs,molasses,milk,and butter,stir into dry ingredients.
  • Fold in pecans.
  • Pour batter into greased and floured 8 cup fluted tube pan.
  • Cover mold with foil,securely.
  • Place mold on rack in deep pan,add boiling water to a depth of 1".
  • Cover and steam for 1 1/4 hours or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.
  • Allow the mold to stand for about 10 minutes.
  • Carefully unmold onto rack and allow to cool slightly for about 40 minutes.
  • Cover and chill.
  • When ready to serve,return to the mold,cover,resteam for 30 minutes or until warm,unmold onto a large antique plate.
  • Sift powdered sugar atop.
  • Arrange fruits and syrup around slightly warm dessert.
  • Serve with the Sherried Custard Sauce,and Hard Sauce,plus whipped cream.
  • A surprisingly easy dessert to make ahead, transported to your host,and resteamed at the site of the feast.
  • Sometimes it's not what you serve...but,the extras that make it special.
  • A dessert to delight the host and his other guests...very nice at Thanksgiving or Christmas.

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