Black Cake

Ingredients

• One dozen eggs
• V^ pounds of butter
• ll^ pounds of brown sugar
• 1% pounds browned flour
• ^ teacup of molasses
• % pint of whisky
• i/^ cup of sour cream
• 1 teaspoon of soda
• 5 pounds of raisins
• 2 pounds pecans
• 1 pound of dates
• 3^ pound citron
• 1 teaspoon of cloves
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 grated nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon of allspice

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, add sugar, molasses, and sour cream, whisky, and spices.

2. 2

   Flour fruit from the flour for cake.

3. 3

   Stir in flour and fruit alternately.

4. 4

   Put in a greased mold with buttered paper and cook slowly for 4 or 5 hours.

5. 5

   Test with a straw; when done leave in mold until partially cool.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

One dozen eggs, V^ pounds of butter, ll^ pounds of brown sugar, 1% pounds browned flour, ^ teacup of molasses, % pint of whisky, i/^ cup of sour cream, with 1 teaspoon soda, 5 pounds of raisins, 2 pounds pecans, 1 pound of dates, 3^ pound citron, 1 tea- spoon of cloves, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1 grated nutmeg, 1 teaspoon allspice. Cream butter, add sugar, molasses and sour cream, whisky and spices. Flour fruit from the flour for cake. Stir in flour and fruit alternately. Put in a greased mold with buttered paper and cook slowly 4 or 5 hours. Test with a straw; when done leave in mold until partially cook Black Cake. One pound of browned flour, 1 pound of butter, 1 pound of brown sugar, 12 eggs. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, stir whites in alternately with the flour, add gradually 2 pounds raisins dredged with flour, 2 pounds of currants, 2 tablespoons of cloves, 1 table- spoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of mace, 2 nutmegs grated, 1 tumbler of molasses, 1 tumbler of brandy. Slice 1 pound of citron thin, put a layer of the batter in mold, then several slices of citron and so on until all has been added. Bake in a moderate oven 4 hours. Jam Oake. One and one-half coffee cups of butter, 2 coffee cups sugar, 4 cups flour, % cup sweet milk, 8 eggs beaten separately, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 2 cups of jam, % pound citron, 1 pound raisins. Mix in usual way. Put in a greased mold and bake slowly 4 hours. Fruit Cake. Sixteen eggs, 1 pound of flour, 1 pound of sugar, 1 pound of citron, 4 pounds of currants, 2 pounds of raisins^ 1 cup of molasses, 1 wine glass of whisky, 1 pound of butter, 2 teaspoons of allspice, 1 teaspoon of cloves, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of nutmeg. Cream butter and sugar; mix in yolks well beaten, then whites and lastly the flour. Have the fruit floured with some of the same flour. Add a little more flour if necessary. Wofrk thor- oughly. Angel Food Cake. Whites of 13 eggs, 11 ounces of sugar, 4 ounces of flour, 1 tea- spoon of vanilla, 1 even teaspoon of cream of tartar ; put it in flour and sift 4 times, also sift the sugar. Beat the whites in a la^ge ^ish to a stiff froth, then sift in the sugar and the flour very lightly. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla. One Egg Cake. One eggy 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of flour, Cream butter and flour together until light; 1 cup of sweet milk, KENTUCKY RECEIPT BOOK. 236 1 heaping teaspoon of baking powder. Beat well and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla. By using the whites of 3 eggs and omitting the yolks it will make white cake. Loaf Cake. Two large coffee cups of powdered sugar, 1% coffee cups of butter. Stir to a cream, 5 cups of flour with 3 teaspoons of ;^east powder, 1 cup of sweet milk, ^ pound of raisins, 2 ounces of citron cut into small pieces, 1 grated nutmeg, 1 wine glass of wine and 1 of brandy, 8 eggs. Add the flour with milk, sugar and butter and ^ yolks well beaten ; then whites, wine, spice and fruit. Make this in 2 loaves and bake slowly 1 hour. Black Gake. Three pounds of raisins, seeded, 3 pounds of currants, 1 pound of citron, 1 pound of blanched almonds, 1^ pounds of butter, 15 eggs, 1 pound of flour, tablespoon each of cinnamon, ground cloves, mace and ginger, 2 nutmegs, % cup of molasses, IV^ pounds of brown sugar. Flour fruit with some of same flour, 1 teaspoon of soda

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