Rich Coffee Cake
A dish where butter and sugar do the work.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains alcohol
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 240 ml butter
- 470 ml sugar
- 4 eggs
- 30 ml molasses
- 240 ml cold boiled coffee
- 890 ml flour
- 25 ml baking powder
- 5 ml cinnamon
- 2 ml clove
- 2 ml mace
- 2 ml allspice
- 180 ml raisins (seeded and cut in pieces)
- 180 ml currants
- 60 ml citron (thinly sliced and cut in strips)
- 30 ml brandy
Make it lactose-friendly
- 1 cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
Steps
- Cream the butter until soft, then gradually beat in the sugar until well blended.
- Beat in the eggs, then stir in the molasses.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, clove, mace, and allspice.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture alternately with the cold coffee, beating until smooth.
- Stir in the raisins, currants, citron, and brandy.
- Pour the batter into deep cake pans and bake.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 440 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 4.6 g |
| Fat | 23.7 g |
| Carbs | 54.5 g |
| Fiber | 1.6 g |
| Sodium | 159 mg |
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States