NUT CAKE

By stepjo7269

Ann Turner

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 lb. butter
• ½ C. molasses
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 level tsp. soda, dissolved in 1 C. whiskey
• 2 lbs. shelled pecans
• 2 boxes seedless raisins
• 6 eggs
• 1 tsp. ground cloves
• 2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• ●Dredge raisins and nuts with flour.
• ●Cream butter.
• ●While mixing, add sugar gradually to butter.
• ●Add eggs one at a time and beat after each one.
• ●Add molasses and spices.
• ●Stir in floured nuts and raisins.
• ●Lastly, add whisky with soda to batter.
• ●Place a pan of water on floor of oven before baking.
• ●Bake in a large tube pan lined with waxed paper for 2 ½ hrs. @ 250 F.

Preparation

Step 1

●Note: If two smaller pans are used, decrease baking time to 1 ½ hrs.