Old Dominion Nut Cake

Name: Old Dominion Nut Cake
Ingredients: 1 lb flour (4 cups); 1 lb sugar (2 cups); 3/4 lb butter; 1/2 cup molasses; 1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in; 1 cup Bourbon (don't use scotch) or 1 cup rye whiskey (don't use scotch); 2 lbs shelled pecans (8 cups) or 2 lbs walnuts (8 cups); 2 boxes seeded raisins (muscat) (optional); 6 eggs; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg

12 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1 lb flour (4 cups)
1 lb sugar (2 cups)
3/4 lb butter
1/2 cup molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in
1 cup Bourbon (don't use scotch) or 1 cup rye whiskey (don't use scotch)
2 lbs shelled pecans (8 cups) or 2 lbs walnuts (8 cups)
2 boxes seeded raisins (muscat) (optional)
6 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cloves
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 275°F.
2

Coat raisins and nuts with flour and set aside.
3

Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time.
4

Add molasses and spices, then add floured nuts and raisins.
5

(Note: if not using raisins you may wish to add extra nuts) Last add whiskey and soda mixture.
6

Bake in large bundt pan lined with waxed paper for 3 to 3 1/2 hours over a pan of water set on the oven floor.
7

Keeps for weeks wrapped in aluminum foil.
8

For a Christmas cake that will last even longer wrap cake in cheesecloth dampened with Bourbon and then in foil and store in a cool place. Check Cheese cloth at least once a week and dampen again as needed.