Pecan Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pound sugar
• 1 pound flour
• 1 pound of butter
• 10 eggs
• 1 tumbler of brandy
• 2 grated nutmegs
• 1 pound of raisins
• 1/2 pound of citron
• 1 1/2 pound of pecan kernels

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar until light.

2. 2

   Add the eggs beaten separately, then the nutmeg stirred in the brandy, then the flour, raisins, citron, and pecan kernels.

3. 3

   Pour into buttered mold and bake half an hour longer than you would a black cake, same size.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The blue ribbon cook book (1904) by Jennie C. Benedict, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PECAN CAKE. 1 pound sugar. 1 pound flour. 1 pound of butter. 10 eggs. J tumbler of brandy. 2 grated nutmegs. 1 pound of raisins. J pound of citron. « 1} pound of pecan kernels.

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