Another Second Penny Inn

Hard Apple Cider Cake: Dessert

Servings: 12

Prep time:1 1/2 hrs.

Ingredients:

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  6 cups flour

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  1 teaspoon baking soda

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  1/2 teaspoon salt

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  1 teaspoon nutmeg, grated

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  1 cup butter, softened

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  3 cups sugar

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  4 eggs

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  1 cup hard apple cider, B. F. Clyde's or local

Step 1:

In a bowl, mix together the flour, soda, salt and nutmeg and set aside.

Step 2:

In an electric mixer, cream butter well, add sugar gradually, creaming until fluffy, then add eggs one at a time and beat thoroughly.

Step 3:

On low or stir speed, add the flour mixture alternately with the cider, beating until smooth after each addition.

Step 4:

Grease two loaf pans (or four smaller ones) and distribute batter evenly. Bake at 350 F for about one hour (gas oven may take 10 minutes longer) until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Step 5:

Keep moist with a chunk of apple in the container. Freezes well. This recipe dates to the 1830s and is quite similar to pound cake.