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    ROD 6/3/2006 Old Maid Day Old Maid Cake


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    Marla

    Recipe Introduction


    The game of Old Maid is at least 100 years old, and has been played in most parts of the world. It's a game used to teach children how to match up numbers or images into pairs. You can use a standard deck of cards by removing one queen, leaving 51 cards with the Queen of Spades as the Old Maid. Deal out all of the cards, remove your pairs, draw from your neighbors hand - and continue making pairs until just one card is left. Whoever holds the last card is the Old Maid!

    List of Ingredients




    ROD 6/3/2006 Old Maid Day Old Maid Cake



    Old Maid Cake


    1 c Flour
    3/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar

    1 ts Baking powder
    1 ts Ginger
    1 ts Cinnamon

    1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Ground cloves
    1/2 c Lowfat buttermilk
    1/4 c Egg substitute
    1/4 c Molasses

    2 tb Stick margarine; melted
    2 tb Stick margarine
    1/3 c Firmly packed brown sugar
    3 tb Chopped walnuts
    2 med Pears; about 1 lb.
    Cinnamon sticks; optional
    Pear slices; optional


    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 375F. Combine first 8 ingredients in a bowl; stir well. Combine buttermilk, egg substitute, molasses and 2 tablespoons melted margarine in a bowl; stir well. Add to flour mixture, stirring until smooth. Melt two tablespoons margarine in a 9-inch cast iron skillet. Stir in 1/3 cup brown sugar; cook over medium heat one minute. Remove from heat, sprinkle with walnuts. Peel and core pears. Cut each in half lengthwise. Cut each half into thin slices, cutting to, but not through, stem end. Fan pear halves; place, core sides up, on top of brown sugar mixture in skillet. Pour batter over pears; bake at 375F for 35 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen cake from sides of pan using a narrow spatula. Invert onto a cake plate. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and pear slices if desired.


    Serves 8

 

 

 


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