Old Dominion Nut Cake

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

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 (don't use scotch) or 1 cup rye whiskey (don't use scotch)
• 2 lbs shelled pecans (8 cups) or 2 lbs walnuts (8 cups)
• 2 boxes seeded raisins (muscat) (optional)
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 275°f.
• 2 coat raisins and nuts with flour and set aside.
• 3 cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time.
• 4 add molasses and spices, then add floured nuts and raisins.
• 5 (note: if not using raisins you may wish to add extra nuts) last add whiskey and soda mixture.
• 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 keeps for weeks wrapped in aluminum foil.
• 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.