The Duchess Of Windsor'S Pork Cake Recipe
- 1/2 pound fat salt pork
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 3/4 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 cups raisins
- 1 cup currants, washed and dried
- 3 1/2 cups sifted flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
- Rinse the salt pork in water to remove any visible salt. Cut off and discard rind. Coarsely chop salt pork and place in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until reduced to a thick paste.
- Place pureed salt pork in mixing bowl and add boiling water.
- Add molasses, brown sugar, raisins and currants and let stand until cool.
- Preheat oven to 325u0b0F. Mix and sift flour, baking soda, and spices together three times. Add to molasses mixture and beat until smooth.
- Turn into long narrow loaf pan (10-by-4-by-3) and bake for 2 hours or until skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
salt, boiling water, molasses, brown sugar, raisins, currants, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg
Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/07/the-duchess-of-windsors-pork-cake.html (may not work)