Name: Emily Dickinson's Black Cake
Ingredients: 1/2 lb Sugar; 1/2 lb Butter; 5 Eggs; 1/8 pt Molasses; 1/2 lb Flour; 1/2 ts Baking soda; 1/2 Nutmeg; 1 ts Clove; 1 ts Mace; 1 ts Cinnamon; 1/8 pt Brandy; 1 lb Raisins; 2/3 lb Currants; 2/3 lb Citron

A healthy church has a pervasive concern with church growth – not simply growing numbers but growing members. A church full of growing Christians is the kind of church growth I want as a pastor. Some today seem to think that one can be a “baby Christian” for a whole lifetime. Growth is seen to be an optional extra for particularly zealous disciples. But be very careful about taking that line of thought. Growth is a sign of life. Growing trees are living trees, and growing animals are living animals. When something stops growing, it dies.

Mark Dever

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs	Chicago		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	lb	Sugar
1/2	lb	Butter
5		Eggs
1/8	pt	Molasses
1/2	lb	Flour
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1/2		Nutmeg
1	ts	Clove
1	ts	Mace
1	ts	Cinnamon
1/8	pt	Brandy
1	lb	Raisins
2/3	lb	Currants
2/3	lb	Citron

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and molasses. Beat well. Add flour, soda,
and spices. Add brandy, then raisins, currants, and citron.
Pour dough into 2 loaf pans [4 fruitcake pans*] lined with waxed paper and
bake 3-4 hrs at 300F [60-70 min at 325F*]. Place shallow pan of hot water
on bottom of oven, but remove for last hr of baking. [Test with
toothpick.*] Let loaves cool before removing from pan.
[*suggestions of a practiced experimenter (not myself!)]
Posted By bhsiung@uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu   (Dr. Bob) On rec.food.recipes or
rec.food.cooking
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