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Willard Scott's Christmas Cake

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Recipe

This delicious and moist Christmas cake will satisfy everyone at your dinner table.

 

Yield

16 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Ready

3 hrs
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 ½ cups self-rising flour
self rising
1 teaspoon white vinegar
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1 ½ cups sugar
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 cup buttermilk
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2 large eggs
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1 teaspoon cocoa powder
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 ½ cups vegetable oil
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¼ cup food coloring
red
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Frosting
pound butter
softened
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1 pound powdered sugar
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10 ounces cream cheese
softened
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2 cups pecans
finely chopped and toasted, or walnuts
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
591 ml self-rising flour
self rising
5 ml white vinegar
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355 ml sugar
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5 ml baking soda
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237 ml buttermilk
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2 large eggs
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5 ml cocoa powder
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5 ml vanilla extract
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355 ml vegetable oil
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59 ml food coloring
red
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151.2 g butter
softened
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453.6 g powdered sugar
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289 ml/g cream cheese
softened
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473 ml pecans
finely chopped and toasted, or walnuts
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Directions

Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).

Well grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pan. Set aside.

To make cake:

In large bowl with electric mixer, add all cake ingredients, beat at medium speed until well blended.

Pour into 3 prepared cake pans.

Bake for approximately 20 minutes until wooden skewer inserted center comes out almost clean.

Let cool in pan on wire racks completely.

To make frosting:

Beat first three ingredients together until fluffy.

Fold in 1½ cups pecans, reserving ½ cup to decorate the top of the cake.

Frost cooled cake layers, then decorate the top.

Chill cake one hour or more until frosting sets.

Slice and serve.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 151g (5.3 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 67360% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 45g 70%
Saturated Fat 13g 63%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 67mg 22%
Sodium 416mg 17%
Total Carbohydrate 22g 22%
Dietary Fiber 2g 7%
Sugars g
Protein 12g
Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 1%
Calcium 11% Iron 9%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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