Martha Washington's Great Cake

Ingredients

Directions

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   WRITTEN AS PER MARTHA WASHINGTON'S DIRECTIONS.

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   Take forty eggs and divide the whites from the yolks, and beat them (whites) to a froth.

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   Then work the butter to a cream, and put the whites of the eggs to it, a cup at a time, until well-worked.

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   Then add sugar (finely powdered) to it in the same manner (one cup at a time).

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   Then put the egg yolks and flour and fruit to it.

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   Add to it mace, nutmeg, wine and brandy.

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   Two hours will bake it. (350 degrees).

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   In the TV program: Martha Stewart baked this in a 16x16x3-inch square pan (it was HUGE!). I suppose you could divide the batter between two 13x9 pans, too.

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   She frosted it with a meringue (whipped egg white & sugar) that was lightly baked to give it a crunch -- and claimed that it would keep for weeks if the cake wasn't cut.

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    She's got a smaller version on her website.