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ICANEWS
Diciembre 2004, Año 2 # 6 |
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Christmas
Nut Cake |
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Set back with a cup of tea and a slab
of nut cake after the excitement
of Christmas begins to wane. It will infuse
you with a mellow feeling
of love for your family, love for humanity, and most of
all love
for nut bread.
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Ingredients |
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
5 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
1 qt. of walnuts
1 cup raisins (may
substitute dates, figs, or
dried appricots)
1 cup diced maraschino
cherries
2 tablespoons vanilla. |
Cream butter
and sugar with mixer. Beat eggs thoroughly and add to creamed
mixture. Now add in vanilla flavoring.
Make certain nuts and cherries are cut into small pieces.
In a separate bowl add cherries, nuts and raisins.
Cover all with flour and mix until even.
Add creamed mixture to nut mixture (or vice versa - whatever
is in the bigger bowl). Place wax paper in bottom of round
cake pan. Pour in ingredients. Bake at 300
degrees for one hour and twenty minutes. |
| Glossary |
slab:
trozo
wane: disminuir
mellow: dulce
all purpose flour: harina común
walnuts: nueces de Castilla
dice: cortar en cubitos
even: parejo
raisins: pasas de uva
dates: dátiles
bake: hornear
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