Old Dominion Nut Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb flour (4 cups)
• 1 lb sugar (2 cups)
• 3/4 lb butter
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in
• 1 cup bourbon or rye whiskey (don't use scotch)
• 2 lbs shelled pecans or walnuts (8 cups)
• 2 boxes seeded raisins (muscat) (optional)
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 275°F.

2. 2

   Coat raisins and nuts with flour and set aside.

3. 3

   Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time.

4. 4

   Add molasses and spices, then add floured nuts and raisins.

5. 5

   (Note: if not using raisins you may wish to add extra nuts) Last add whiskey and soda mixture.

6. 6

   Bake in large bundt pan lined with waxed paper for 3 to 3 ½ hours over a pan of water set on the oven floor.

7. 7

   Keeps for weeks wrapped in aluminum foil.

8. 8

   For a Christmas cake that will last even longer wrap cake in cheesecloth dampened with Bourbon and then in foil and store in a cool place. Check Cheese cloth at least once a week and dampen again as needed.