English Christmas Cake

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Servings: 12 Difficulty: Advanced
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American-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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This American dessert features Yeast, dry, Water, warm, Flour. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

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English Christmas Cake

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 12 Calories: 3214.8

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This American dessert features Yeast, dry, Water, warm, Flour. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
  2. Stir in two cups flour and set aside to proof.
  3. Meanwhile, cream butter with sugar.
  4. Add sinnamon, coriander, nutmeg, and caraway seed.
  5. Stir in milk or wine.
  6. In a separate bowl,
  7. beat eggs until smooth and thick and
  8. stir them into the butter mixture alter- nately with the proofed yeast mixture.
  9. Add remaining flour.
  10. Devide the batter between two 10" buttered and floured 10" springform pans.
  11. Set in a warm place and allow to rise until double.
  12. Bake in a preheated 350 F (177&# 194;°C).
  13. oven for about 1 1/2 hours, or until the cake is golden brown and tests done in the middle.
  14. Cool slightly in pans before removing to a wire rack.
  15. Makes two cakes.
  16. Early American Life magazine December 1991 issue per Sam Waring

Nutrition Facts

Servings 12

Amount Per Serving
Calories 3214.8kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 111.3g172%
Saturated Fat 62.5g313%
Cholesterol 571.0mg191%
Sodium 863.0mg36%
Total Carbohydrate 487.1g163%
Dietary Fiber 16.6g67%
Sugars 117.8g
Protein 63.4g127%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: american, baking, butter, cake, caraway, christmas, cinnamon, coriander, dessert, dry, egg, english, flour, ground, milk, nutmeg, powdered, red, room, seed
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