Ingredients
- 12 eggs
- 8 bourbon whisky
- 1 citron
- 1/2 candied cherries
- 1/2 pecan (halves)
- 700 gr brazil nuts
- 500 gr flour
- 450 gr butter
- 400 gr sugar
- 250 gr grape jelly
- 240 gr candied pineapple
- 230 ml grape juice
- 140 gr figs (dried)
- 120 gr blanched almonds
- 120 gr black walnuts
- 34 gr bitter chocolate (grated)
- 8 gr cinnamon
- 7 gr nutmeg
- 6 gr allspice
Cut the fruits and nuts into small pieces, and coat them with some of the flour. Cream the butter and sugar together, adding one egg at a time, beating well. Add the rest of the flour. Add the floured fruits and nuts, spices, seasoning, and flavorings. Mix by hand. Line a large cake tin with wax paper, grease, then flour. Pour the mixture into the pan and put it in a steamer over cold water. Close the steamer and bring the water to a rolling boil. Lower the heat and steam the cake for about four-and-one-half hours. Preheat oven to around 250 degrees, and bake for one hour. From "Sook's Cookbook" ISBN 0-929264-56-8 and made famous in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" ----