Alchie Cake
Cake Ingredients
- 1 lb flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 lb butter
- 6 well beaten Eggs
- 1 lb cherries
- 1 lb dates
- 1 lb mixed raisins/currants
- Spices to taste nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon
- 1 bottle port
- 1 bottle rum
- 1/2 lb breadcrumbs
Sauce Ingredients
- 1/2 lb butter
- 1/2 lb sugar
For cake Directions
- Use electric mixer to mix flour, baking poweder, salt, and butter.
- Then add 6 eggs.
- After mixing put fruit, spices, port, and rum on top.
- Stir heartily and then add breadcrumbs (this makes mixture more cake-like).
- Pour into buttered pan and bake around 70 degrees for a few hours.
- Watch closely so it doesn't overcook.
For sauce Directions
- Simply use mixer to blend butter and sugar
Alternatives Directions
- For a healtheir, gluten-free nutritionaist version, use gluten-free flour and breadcrumbs, and unrefined sugar such as rapadurra. Substitute goji berries for raisins. And of course high quality rum and port!
- Prep time: 30 minutes
- Cook time: 2-3 hours
- Total time: 3+ hours
Yield: 10-12 servings