Mace Cake Recipes

MRS. MORRISON'S MACE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• Combine the milk and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat.
• Beat together the eggs and 2 cups of sugar.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and one tablespoon of mace.
• Mix the dry ingredients into the egg mixture.
• Add the milk and butter mixture while still hot to the flour/egg mixture and mix very well, beating until all ingredients are incorporated and mixture is fluffy.
• Pour into prepared baking pan.
• Mix remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon mace together and sprinkle mixture evenly over top of batter.
• Bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Serve warm.
• Note: The cake may also be baked in a 10 inch tube pan at 325° F for one hour.

MACE CAKE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 13- by 9-inch baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
• Beat eggs with 2 cups sugar in a large bowl using an electric mixer at high speed until tripled in volume and thick enough to form a ribbon that takes 2 seconds to dissolve into batter when beater is lifted, 7 to 8 minutes in a stand mixer or 14 to 16 with a handheld.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 tablespoon mace.
• Bring milk and butter to a boil in a small heavy saucepan, then remove from heat.
• Add flour mixture to egg mixture, stirring until just combined. Stir in hot milk mixture until combined (batter will be thin).
• Stir together remaining 1/2 cup sugar and remaining 1/2 teaspoon mace in a small bowl.
• Pour batter into baking pan and sprinkle evenly with mace sugar. (Sugar will form a crust as cake bakes.) Bake until pale golden and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan on a rack until warm, at least 30 minutes. Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.

OLD AIKEN POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Spray heavy-duty bundt or tube pan with Baker's Secret or grease and flour it.
• In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, mace, and salt, and set aside.
• Add vanilla to milk, and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• To shortening/butter mixture, alternately add 1/3 flour mixture and 1/3 milk mixture, mixing between additions.
• Repeat until all flour and milk are incorporated into batter.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
• Place cake in COLD oven.
• Turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Do NOT open oven door while cake is baking.
• After the 70 minutes cooking time, test cake for doneness, as oven temperatures vary.
• Cake should be golden brown on top, and a toothpick inserted in center of cake should come out clean.
• After cake is partially cooled, remove from pan.
• VARIATION: Substitute rum or brandy flavoring for the vanilla.
• If desired, make a glaze of powdered sugar and water or lemon juice and pour over cooled cake.