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                           ENGLISH CHRISTMAS CAKE
 
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 Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1       pk           Yeast, dry
    1 1/2   c            -Water, warm
    2       c            Flour
    1       lb           Butter -- room temperature
    1       lb           Sugar, powdered
    1       tb           Cinnamon
    1 1/2   ts           Coriander, ground
    1       t            Nutmeg
    2       tb           Caraway seed
      1/2   c            Milk -- or sweet red wine
    7                    Egg
    6       c            Flour
 
   Dissolve yeast in warm water.  Stir in two cups flour
   and set aside to proof.  Meanwhile, cream butter with
   sugar. Add sinnamon, coriander, nutmeg, and caraway
   seed. Stir in milk or wine. In a separate bowl, beat
   eggs until smooth and thick and stir them into the
   butter mixture alter- nately with the proofed yeast
   mixture. Add remaining flour. Devide the batter
   between two 10″ buttered and floured 10″ springform
   pans. Set in a warm place and allow to rise until
   double. Bake in a preheated 350 F. oven for about 1
   1/2 hours, or until the cake is golden brown and tests
   done in the middle.  Cool slightly in pans before
   removing to a wire rack. Makes two cakes.
   
                                           Early American
   Life magazine
                                           December 1991
   issue
                                           per Sam Waring
  
 
 
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