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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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