Single Delicious Christmas Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups dried fruit, cut up (glaced cherries,raisins,currents, candied pineapple etc.)
• 1 cup
• 2/3 cup sour milk or 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup nuts (chopped)
• 1/4 cup flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, melt butter in microwave.
• 3 add beaten eggs, vanilla and molasses.
• 4 in another bowl, soak fruit in .
• 5 in another bowl, dust nuts with flour.
• 6 in another bowl, blend all dry ingredients.
• 7 in measuring cup, measure milk or buttermilk and add baking soda.
• 8 drain fruit reserving for pouring on cake after cooling and baking.
• 9 alternately add fruit mixture and dry mixture to butter, vanilla, egg, molasses mixture.
• 10 blend well.
• 11 pour into a 9x5 loaf pan, greased and lined with brown paper or two layers of wax paper.
• 12 on bottom shelf of oven, set a pan with 2 cups of water.
• 13 bake cake on shelf above about 1 1/2 hours or until done. altitude will vary the time.
• 14 note: i downsized my cake so i could also have a smaller version to try. the smaller one was done a tad earlier than the big one. both are done when an inserted toothpick comes out clean.cake will also crack on the top.
• 15 when cooled completely and removed from pans, pierce cake with a fork, and gently pour remaining into cake.
• 16 enjoy!