Favorite Christmas Cake

Name: Favorite Christmas Cake
Ingredients: 2 c. sugar; 1 c. butter; 6 egg yolks; 1 lb. sifted cake flour; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 c. whiskey or brandy (I use apricot); 1 lb. white raisins; 1 lb. chopped pecans; 6 egg whites, almost stiffly beaten; whiskey or brandy cheesecloth

11 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. butter
6 egg yolks
1 lb. sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. whiskey or brandy (I use apricot)
1 lb. white raisins
1 lb. chopped pecans
6 egg whites, almost stiffly beaten
whiskey or brandy cheesecloth

Directions

1

Cream together butter and sugar.
2

Beat in egg yolks.
3

Add dry ingredients, flour, salt and baking powder alternately with 1/2 cup whiskey.
4

Stir in white raisins and nuts.
5

Fold in beaten egg whites.
6

Turn into well-greased and sugared Bundt or angel food pan.
7

Bake in preheated 300° oven for approximately 2 hours.
8

Cool, remove from pan.
9

Wrap cake in cheesecloth wet with additional whiskey.
10

Wrap in foil and store in tin, tightly covered.
11

Aging makes it better!