Hard Apple Cider Cake
Total preparation time: 1 1/2 hrs.
Serves: 12Ingredients:
- 6 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup hard apple cider, B. F. Clyde's or local
Steps:
- In a bowl, mix together the flour, soda, salt and nutmeg and set aside.
- In an electric mixer, cream butter well, add sugar gradually, creaming until fluffy, then add eggs one at a time and beat thoroughly.
- On low or stir speed, add the flour mixture alternately with the cider, beating until smooth after each addition.
- 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.
- 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.