Rum-Raisin Cake
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter
- 1 cup raisins
- 23 cup plus 3 tablespoons dark rum
- 2 cups cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup, packed, light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, whipped
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Use 1 tablespoon butter to grease an 8-inch tube pan.
- Place remaining butter in a small saucepan and cook on medium until melted and starting to turn nut-brown.
- Remove from heat, let sit a few minutes, then pour into a glass measuring cup, leaving any dark sediment in bottom of pan.
- Set butter aside.
- Place raisins in a bowl and pour 2/3 cup rum over raisins.
- Sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into another bowl.
- Beat eggs until light.
- Beat in sugar and continue beating, about 5 minutes, until very light and creamy.
- Drain raisins, reserving rum.
- Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with drained rum.
- Fold in brown butter, leaving any sediment in bottom of cup.
- Fold in raisins.
- Spread in pan and bake 40 minutes until lightly browned and tester comes out clean.
- Spoon remaining 3 tablespoons rum over cake.
- Cool.
- Remove from pan.
- Pile whipped cream in center and serve.
butter, raisins, dark rum, cake flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, eggs, light brown sugar, heavy cream
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012903 (may not work)