Recipe - Emily Dickinsons Black Cake

One half pound Sugar
One half pound Butter
5 Eggs
1/8 pt Molasses
One half pound Flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Clove
1 teaspoon Mace
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/8 pt Brandy
1 pound Raisins
2/3 pound Currants
2/3 pound Citron

Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and molasses. Beat well. Add flour, soda,
and spices. Add brandy, then raisins, currants, and citron.

Pour dough into 2 loaf pans [4 fruitcake pans*] lined with waxed paper and
bake 34 hrs at 300F [6070 min at 325F*]. Place shallow pan of hot water
on bottom of oven, but remove for last hr of baking. [Test with
toothpick.*] Let loaves cool before removing from pan.

[*suggestions of a practiced experimenter (not myself!)]

Posted By bhsiung@uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu (Dr. Bob) On rec.food.recipes or
rec.food.cooking

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