Moravian sugar cake
Moravian sugar cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 package dry yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 cup unseasoned mashed potatoes
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water in which potatoes were cooked
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 5 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 cup butter
- Brown sugar
- Cinnamon and pecan pieces, optional
Recipe method:
- Dissolve yeast in warm water.
- Mix mashed potatoes, sugar, the 1/4 cup butter, shortening and salt.
- When lukewarm, add potato water and yeast mixture.
- Set first mixture aside and let rise in warm place until spongy.
- Beat in eggs and flour to make a soft dough.
- Let rise until double in bulk.
- Punch down and divide dough in half.
- Spread dough evenly into 2 greased 13 x 9 inch pans or 4, 9 inch, cake pans.
- Let rise until double in bulk.
- Make holes with fingers in rows down dough.
- Fill with dots of butter, about 1 cup, and brown sugar.
- Dust with cinnamon and pecan pieces if desired.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and bake for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Remove cakes from pans and cool on racks.
- Serve cakes, cut into squares, either warm or cold.
- Cakes may be frozen after baking.
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