1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 Egg; beaten
1 c Flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/4 c Milk
1/4 c Molasses, unsulphured
1/4 ts Baking soda
3/4 lb Seedless raisins
2 c Pecans; chopped
1/2 c Bourbon whisky
Cream the butter with the sugar and add the beaten eggs. Mix together
the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg, and add to the butter
mixture. Add the milk. Mix the soda into the molasses and add to the
batter. Add the raisins, nuts, and whisky. Mix all ingredients well,
pour into a greased and floured 9″ loaf pan and bake at 300 F. for
two hours.
The I Hate to Cook Book
Peg Bracken
modified by Sam Waring
Yields
1 Cake