Pecan Cake

Ingredients

• Six eggs beaten separately
• 1 pound of sugar
• % pound of butter
• % cup of black molasses
• 1 cup of whisky
• 2 nutmegs grated
• 1 pound of flour
• 1 heaping teaspoon of baking powder
• % teacup of orange peel cut fine
• 2 pounds seeded raisins
• 1 pound of shelled pecans

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients, flouring the fruit.

2. 2

   Bake in a greased mold for about 3 hours.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 149. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

% pound of but- ter, 1 poimd of flour weighed with 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar sifted with flour. Beat the whites to a stiff froth, then add sugar, butter and lastly the flour. Stir well. Take 1 coffee cup of batter and stir in enough fruit coloring for a pretty pink color, then take 1 cup more of batter and. add pulverized spices, 1% teaspoons allspice, 1% teaspoons cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg mixed. Put in greased mold 1 layer of white batter, then 1 of dark spread over evenly, then pink batter and cover with remainder of. white batter. Cook in a moderate oven and test with a straw. Orange Cake. Three eggs, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of granulated sugar, 2 light cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 2 oranges, juice and peel. Serve hot with this sauce. One pound of granulated sugar made into a thick syrup, with % glass of water. Let it boil 30 minutes and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Just before serving stir into the sauce 1 small teacup of sweet cream. Lady Fingers. Three eggs, 1-3 cup of powdered sugar, 1-3 cup of flour, a little salt, % teaspoon of vanilla. Beat whites very stiff and add sugar gradually, beat hard, then the yolks and vanilla; sift the salt with the flour and fold in lightly. Make cakes 4 inches long and about an inch wide, put on a pan covered with paper. Sprinkle cakes with sugar and bake 10 minutes in a moderate oven; remove from paper with a knife. They are nice for lining Charlotte Eusse molds or put whipped cream between the cakes and serve as a dessert. Pecan Cake. Six eggs beaten separately, 1 pound of sugar, % pound of but- ter, % cup of black molasses, 1 cup of whisky, 2 nutmegs grated, 1 pound of flour, good weight, 1 heaping teaspoon of baking powder, KENTUCKY RECEIPT BOOK. 247 % teacup of orange peel cut fine, 2 pounds seeded raisins, 1 pound of shelled pecans

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