Groom's Cake

For those of you looking for a good groom's cake, here is my recipe.

• Calories: 431 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup hot water
• 2 cups butter
• 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup molasses
• 4 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
• 6 cups golden raisins
• 3 cups dried currants
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 9 cups raisins, finely chopped
• 1 ½ pounds chopped candied citron
• ½ pound candied lemon peel
• ½ pound chopped candied orange peel
• 4 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground mace
• 12 eggs, separated
• 1 cup brandy

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a large bowl, sift 3 cups flour with spices. In another bowl, mix raisins, sultana raisins, currants, citron, and citrus rinds; dredge with 1/3 cup flour. Stir raisin mixture into the flour.

Step 2

In a very large bowl, cream the butter or margarine. Beat in sugar, a small amount at a time. Add beaten egg yolks, flour mixture, brandy, chocolate and molasses. Beat egg whites until stiff, and fold them into the batter. Dissolve baking soda in hot water and stir gently into batter. Grease and flour 5 bread pans, and pour batter into prepared pans.

Step 3

Bake at 275 degrees F (135 degrees C) for 4 hours. Cool. Cut into 275 to 300 slices; wrap each slice.