Honest to goodness Spice Cake
From notyourmomma 16 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 cup of shortening (use the new trans fat free) shopping list
- 1 cup of brown sugar, firmly packed shopping list
- 3 eggs, separated shopping list
- 3/4 cup of water shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda shopping list
- 3 cups of all purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon each of the following spices: shopping list
- allspice, nutmeg, cloves shopping list
- 1/2 cup of raisins shopping list
- 1/4 cup of currants shopping list
- 1/4 cup of citron shopping list
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon shopping list
- sprinkle of ground mace shopping list
How to make it
- The instructions for this cake are straight as my G-ma Roberts wrote them. It has taken a few tries to get this right using updated techniques.
- Mix as for other butter cakes. Raisins and currants should be chopped or cut up fine. Citron will cut up more easily if first softened by steaming over hot water. Part of the flour must be reserved to sift over fruit, which should be will beaten, before stiff egg whites are folded in. Bake in a loaf pan or a small tube pan in a very moderate oven for 50 minutes. It is usually well to line the pan iwth several thicknesses of greased paper.
- Translation:
- Cream the shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolks one at a time beating well after each addition.
- Add water and mix well. It may look curdled at this point.
- Sfit together flour, spices and baking soda. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of fhe flour over the fruit and toss so it won't stick together Beat egg whites until stiff, add cinnamon and mace to egg whites.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray tube pan with non stick spray and line with greased parchment on the bottom. (a little tedious) Finally, add flour to the egg/shortening/sugar mixture, it will get stiff. Add floured fruit and mix well.
- Fold in the egg whites. Finally pour into prepared pans and bake until it tests done with a cake tester, approximately 50 minutes..
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