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Emily Dickinson's Black Cake

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Submitted by qtpie3474

YIELD

2 loaves

PREP

20 min

COOK

4 hrs

READY

4 hrs

Ingredients

½ 226.8
POUND G SUGAR
½ 226.8
POUND G BUTTER
5 5
LARGE LARGE EGGS
59
PINT ML MOLASSES *
½ 226.8
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML BAKING SODA
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML NUTMEG
1 5
TEASPOON ML CLOVES, GROUND
1 5
TEASPOON ML MACE
1 5
TEASPOON ML CINNAMON
59
PINT ML BRANDY *
1 453.6
302.4
POUND G CURRANTS
302.4
POUND G CITRON

Directions

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 3 to 4 hrs at 300F [60-70 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.

* not incl. in nutrient facts Arrow up button

Comments


anonymous

has anyone ever made and liked this cake?!

JMD

I made the original when I was a guide at the Emily Dickinson Museum & we wrote 'Emily Dickinson-Profile of the Poet as Cook'. It requires 19 eggs and five pounds of raisins etc. Used a turkey pan. Brandied every week, as in 1850, it was delicious.

iamallthatiam

I have made this recipe twice and yes I did like it so did a lot of people I shared it with.

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 499g (17.6 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 1388 35% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 54g 84%
Saturated Fat 31g 157%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 386mg 129%
Sodium 504mg 21%
Total Carbohydrate 74g 74%
Dietary Fiber 6g 25%
Sugars g
Protein 40g
Vitamin A 38% Vitamin C 237%
Calcium 21% Iron 75%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, High Fiber
 

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