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Old English Spice Cake

List of Ingredients


1 cup Unsalted Butter
2 cup Sugar
4 lg Eggs
¾ cup Milk
3 cup Unbleached White Flour
¼ cup Hot Water
2 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Threads
½ ts Vanilla Extract
2 tsp Caraway Seeds
3 g Zest of Lemon
3 g Zest of Orange
½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
½ tsp Ground Cloves
½ tsp Ground Mace
½ tsp Ground Nutmeg



Powder saffron, work into butter. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla and caraway. Sift together dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to batter alternately with milk. Mix in zest. Pour into greased, floured sheet cake or cupcake pan. Preheat oven and bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 1¼ hrs. Check after 1 hour. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then on rack. Serve with dollop of Currant Hard Sauce.


Currant Hard Sauce
½ cup Unsalted Butter
¼ lb Cream Cheese
¾ cup Confectioners' Sugar
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
½ tsp Saffron Threads
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
¼ cup Yellow Raisins
¼ cup Currants





Recipe



Powder saffron, work into chilled cream cheese. Cream together butter and cheese. Beat until light and fluffy. Mix in remaining ingredients and chill. Serve at room temperature.

Makes 8 servings