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Title: Pork Cake Categories: Cakes, Pork Yield: 8 Servings 1/2 lb Fatty salt pork * 5 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Nutmeg 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 c Sugar 1 c Minced currants 1 1/4 c Boiling water 1 1/4 ts Baking soda 2 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 ts Ground cloves 2 Eggs 1 1/2 c Molasses * Finely ground Put ground salt pork in heat-proof bowl and add boiling water. Set aside for a half hour, stirring occasionally. Sift together all dry ingredients except sugar Pour pork and water into a large mixing bowl. Beat in eggs, followed by sugar and molasses. Add dry ingredients and currants and stir to mix well. Grease and flour 2 9-by-4-inch bread pans. Divide batter between them and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Cakes are done when they have the resliiency of a medium-rare steak. Enjoy! From The Bad For You Cookbook by Chris Maynard and Bill Scheller From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini |