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Ingredients
| seedless raisins (packed): 9 cups (finely chopped) |
| golden seedless raisins (not packed): 6 cups |
| dried currants: 3 cups |
| candied citron: 1.5 lbs |
| candied lemon peel: 0.5 lb |
| candied orange peel: 0.5 lb (chopped) |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 3 1/3 cups |
| ground cinnamon: 4 tsp |
| allspice: 4 tsp |
| ground mace: 1 1/2 tsp |
| ground nutmeg: 2 tsp |
| salted butter: 2 cups |
| light brown sugar (packed): 2 1/4 cups |
| eggs: 12 (separated) |
| brandy (Cognac): 1 cup |
| semisweet baking chocolate squares: 4 1oz squares |
| molasses: 1 cup |
| baking soda: 1/4 tsp |
| water: 1 cup (hot) |
Groom's Cake
Credit: AllRecipes
User rating:
"For those of you looking for a good groom's cake, here is my recipe."
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Servings
50 serving(s)
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Directions
- In a large bowl, sift 3 cups flour with spices. In another bowl, mix raisins, sultana raisins, currants, citron, and citrus rinds; dredge with 1/3 cup flour. Stir raisin mixture into the flour.
- In a very large bowl, cream the butter or margarine. Beat in sugar, a small amount at a time. Add beaten egg yolks, flour mixture, brandy, chocolate and molasses. Beat egg whites until stiff, and fold them into the batter. Dissolve baking soda in hot water and stir gently into batter. Grease and flour 5 bread pans, and pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake at 275 degrees F (135 degrees C) for 4 hours. Cool. Cut into 275 to 300 slices; wrap each slice.