Old Dominion Nut Cake

1Steve's Note:

An old fashioned Southern Style nut cake. Like fruit cake, this will last several weeks covered in aluminum foil. It has lots of nuts. It is a nut lovers dream.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 16

Yield: 1.0 large b ...

• 1 lb flour (4 cups)
• 1 lb sugar (2 cups)
• ¾ lb butter
• ½ 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

Directions:

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.