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THE ORIGINAL BOURBON CAKE Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 c red candied cherries, chopped
1 1/2 c light seedless raisins
1 1/2 c butter or margarine
2 1/3 c granulated sugar
2 c bourbon
2 1/3 c brown sugar
6 eggs separated
5 c sifted cake flour
4 c pecans
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking powder
Directions:
Directions:
1. Combine cherries raisins and bourbon. Cover, let stand overnight. Drain fruit, reserve bourbon.
2. Cream butter and sugar until light. Add egg yolks and beat well.
3. Combine 1/2 c flour and pecans. Sift together remaining 4 1/2 c flour nutmeg and baking powder. Add flour mix and bourbon alternately to butter mix, beating well after each addition.
4. Beat egg whites until stiff, not dry. Fold egg whites into flour mix. Fold in fruits and pecan flour mixture into batter.
5. Bake at 275 for 3 1/2 hours in 10 inch tube pan lined with greased wax paper. Col. Remove from pan. Fill center with cheese cloth thats been saturated with bourbon. Wrap in waxed paper or aluminum foil. Store in tightly covered container. Keep in cool place.
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