Mrs. Morrison's Mace Cake

Submitted by Chef Kate

"According to John Shields, Mrs. Morrison was the housekeeper at an Episcopal Church in Baltimore for many years and made this cake a staple at generations of church events. If you want to sweeten/fancy it up, add whipped cream or ice cream and strawberries. I think it's quite nice just as it is."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 4 extra large eggs, beaten
• 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground mace
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground mace

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Butter and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
3. Combine the milk and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Beat together the eggs and 2 cups of sugar.
6. Sift together the flour, baking powder and one tablespoon of mace.
7. Mix the dry ingredients into the egg mixture.
8. Add the milk and butter mixture while still hot to the flour/egg mixture and mix very well, beating until all ingredients are incorporated and mixture is fluffy.
9. Pour into prepared baking pan.
10. Mix remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon mace together and sprinkle mixture evenly over top of batter.
11. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
12. Cool on a wire rack.
13. Serve warm.
14. Note: The cake may also be baked in a 10 inch tube pan at 325° F for one hour.

Reviews

[2Bleu]

This recipe made it into our Book #231450. 7/24/08 - Unique and wonderful! I made this all in our KitchenAid and had to add 1/2 cup additonal flour. Mace is a very tasty yet strong spice, and we love finding recipes for it. We were not dissapointed by this recipe. the cake has a nice density yet is still very light. The only thing we would do different next time is to leave out the sugar/mace topping and just dust with powdered sugar or serve with berries and whipped cream. This is a devine recipe and we will definitely be making this again around the holidays. Thanks for posting! ~Buddha. Some info on Mace: The fragrance and flavor of mace is similar to that of nutmeg because it's made from the dried outer covering of nutmeg. :)

 

[Petrichor u.]

This cake is extremely sweet. I'm serious when I state that I can't recall ever having a cake this sweet. As I was eating it, I wasn't just thinking about cutting the sugar in half, I was actually thinking about only using maybe 1/4 of the amount of sugar. Also, no need to sprinkle the sugar on top unless you'd like a solid Sugar Crust to make this extremely sweet cake even sweeter.

 

[BarbryT]

Delicious! If you like nutmeg, you will LOVE this cake. And it is so easy. Perfect as a tea cake, or sweet breakfast treat at the office. I like the idea of serving with berries and cream. I certainly will make this again!

 

[Boomette]

This cake is so different from other cakes. My second time using mace. And I found that it has a great taste in this cake. I did half the cake in a round pan. And cooked it for about 20 minutes. I reduced the quantity of sugar for inside the cake. I topped it with recipe#302329 Thanks Chef Kate. Made for 123 hit wonders

 

[patleveyfinearts]

I loved making this cake. It was so easy to combine the milk & butter this way.I substituted skim lactaid milk for the regular & omitted the sugar on the top. It was light & had wonderful flavor. I am going to try it with some lemon zest next time. Loved it. I also substituted 1/2 tablespoon cardamon for the mace. It is definitely 5 stars.