Subj : St. Basil 09 To : All From : Dave Drum Date : Thu Mar 21 2019 06:03 am MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: St. Basil's New Years Cake Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Citrus, Nuts Yield: 9 Servings 1 tb Butter; for greasing pan 1 c Butter 2 c Sugar 2 tb Sugar; for sprinkling 3 c Flour 6 lg Eggs 2 ts Baking powder 1 c Milk 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 tb Fresh lemon juice 1/4 c Slivered almonds 1 Cleaned and foil wrapped Coin Set oven @ 350°F/175°C. Grease a 10" round cake pan, with the butter. In a medium bowl,cream the butter and sugar together until light in color. Stir in the flour and mix until the batter resembles coarse bread crumbs. Add the eggs one at a time, blending each one in well. In a small bowl combine the baking powder,and milk, add to the batter and mix well. Finally combine the lemon juice and baking soda in a small bowl, add to the cake batter and mix well. Pour into the greased pan, insert the foil wrapped coin, and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the cake from the oven, sprinkle with nuts and 2 Tabl. sugar over the cake, then return to the oven and bake for another 20-30 minutes until the cake springs to the touch. Allow to cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then invert the pan onto a cake plate. Ideally the cake should be served warm, each person gets a slice of the cake, starting with the most senior member! Members of the Greek Orthodox Church believe that whoever gets the coin is blessed. RECIPE FROM: https://www.justapinch.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... 'Never have more children than you have car windows." -- Erma Bombeck --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49 * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .