Bohemian Molasses Cake 1949
"They used Swiss meringue as the frosting. You can if you wish. Folks have used prunes or apricot in this."
Original is 6 servings
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (265.4 g)
- Calories 880.2
- Total Fat - 38.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 17.7 g
- Cholesterol - 919.5 mg
- Sodium - 609.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 120.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5 g
- Sugars - 85.9 g
- Protein - 19.2 g
- Calcium - 274.1 mg
- Iron - 6.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Put raisins in hot coffee and cook.
Step 2
Pour off and make sure you get 1/2 cup; they mentioned adding rum to raisins.
Step 3
Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, molasses and coffee.
Step 4
Whisk dry ingredients together well and add to creamed mixture.
Step 5
Fold in raisins.
Step 6
Butter and flour 8 inch square cake pan.
Step 7
Bake in slow oven a long time (300 degrees F for 30 minutes?) Don't burn check often molasses LOVES burning.
Tips
No special items needed.