Mountain Measures · 1974

Sweet Cake

Name: Sweet Cake
Ingredients: 1/3 of a batch of Tasty Egg Bread dough; ¼ cup sugar; 1/3 cup soft butter; ¾ cup raisins and nuts, mixed; 1 egg, beaten; sugar, for sprinkling

From Mrs. Edwin M. Bartrug, Jr. The book didn't print a hometown.

CourseBreads
Oven425°F, then 350°F
Time35–40 minutes
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Steps6

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Step 1: Knead the sugar, butter, raisins and nuts into the bread dough.
Step 2: Shape into a round loaf and place in a buttered pie tin or round cake pan.
Step 3: Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 to 40 minutes.
Step 4: Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with plenty of sugar.
Step 5: Bake at 425°F for 10 minutes, then lower to 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes more.
Step 6: Cut into wedges.

From the cook

Instead of sprinkling with sugar before baking, you can put a sugar glaze on top after baking.

What we changed or couldn’t read (1)

Requires the Tasty Egg Bread recipe (printed elsewhere in the book).

Sweet Cake

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