The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14996   Message #553567
Posted By: MAG
18-Sep-01 - 08:35 PM
Thread Name: Mudcat Cookbook fundraiser-post your recipe-2
Subject: RE: M'Cat Cookbk fundraiser II-POST RECIPEs
Used to have a messa booze recipes, but these are all I can find now:

Bourbon Pound Cake

1lb. butter
2c. sugar
8 eggs, separated
2t. vanilla
2t. almond extract 1/3c. bourbon
1c. sugar
1/2. chopped pecans

butter 10" tube pan; preheat oven to 350. cream butter and 2c. sugar. add egg yolks singly, beating after each add. add flour alternately w/ flavorings and bourbon in thirds, beating smooth after each. beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. beat 1c. sugar into whites gradually. Fold egg yolk mixture into meringue. sprinkle pecans into bottom of pan. carefully turn batter into pan; bake 11 1/2 hrs.

Crema de Vie (Cuban Egg Nog)

make light syrop:
3c. sugar
2c. water
1 stick cinnamon -- set asie to cool

beat:
1can evaporated milk
1 can condensed milk
3 egg yolks
1t. vanilla

strsain into cooled syrop mixture and stir. Stir in 1/2 bottle light rum; serve.

Between the rum and sugar, guaranteed to knock you on your ass. My sevretary in Miami used to make this. Just reading the recipe now raised my blood sugar.