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Bean-sidhe Cake For Samhain Recipe


Bean-sidhe Cake For Samhain Recipe
Be sure to cut a slice for the Bandruhude (Bean-sidhe). Wrap the slice up well and store until next Samhain, to insure the Bandruhude is honoured and does not carry off a member of the household during the new year (Bury the year old slice ritual... More

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Ingredients
  • 1 cup plus 2 TBS dark brown sugar
  • Butter
  • 1 TBS water
  • 1/2 cup ground almonds
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup golden raisins
  • 1/2 cup candied fruit peel
  • pinch Nutmeg, ground
  • pinch allspice, ground

Directions
  1. Bring the water, sugar, and butter to a boil.
  2. Remove from heat; cool.
  3. Stir the flour, soda, cream of tartar, raisins, currants, candied fruit peel, and a pinch of nutmeg and allspice together.
  4. Add the almonds and stir well.
  5. Into a well made in the center, pour the beaten eggs.
  6. Stir well to mix.
  7. Pour the batter into a greased and floured 10-inch cake pan.
  8. Bake in a 375-degree (F) oven for 1 1/2 hours.
  9. Reduce the oven heat to 350-degrees (F) and cook for another 30 minutes.
  10. Remove, let sit 10 minutes then turn the cake out onto a rack.
  11. After it is cooled, store in an airtight tin.

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Wonderful! Brings back memories of my Wiccan friends and their traditional recipes from the olden british isles. Blessed be!


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