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A favourite Christmas goodie at the Shaw house

Yield:
1 cake
Category:
Bread and Baking
Cuisine:
German

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cups honey
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 3/4 cup ground almonds
  • 3/4 cup citron peel
  • 3/4 cup chipped almonds
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups sour cream
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tsp cinamon
  • 1 tsp star anis seed (ground)
  • 1 tsp cardomom
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Mix sugar, butter, honey and molasses in a pot. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Set aside and let cool.
  2. Mix the flour with the spices. Add the citron peel and chipped almonds.
  3. Mix baking soda into the sour cream. Beat eggs and cooled sugar mixture into the flour mixture. Mix well and scoop into the prepared pan.
  4. Heat the oven to 350 °rees; (325 degrees for a convection oven). Butter and flour a 9 X 13 pan. Bake the cake for 20 to 25 minutes.
  5. Melt 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips with 2 tbsp butter and 2 tbl water. Brush on top of cooked cake. Cut into squares.

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