Chocolate grooms cake

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Ingredients :

• 9 cups raisins, finely chopped
• 6 cups golden raisins
• 3 cups currants
• 1½ lb chopped candied citron
• ½ lb candied lemon peel
• ½ lb chopped candied orange peel
• 3¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 4 tspn ground cinnamon
• 4 tspn ground allspice
• 1½ tspn ground mace
• 2 tspn ground nutmeg
• 2 cups butter
• 2¼ cups packed brown sugar
• 12 eggs, separated
• 1 cup brandy
• 1 oz semisweet chocolate
• 1 cup molasses
• ¼ tspn baking soda
• 1 cup hot water

  Preparation and Cooking Instructions

1. In a large bowl, sift 3 cups flour with spices. In another bowl, mix raisins, sultana raisins, currants, citron, and citrus rinds; dredge with ¼ cup flour. Stir raisin mixture into the flour.
2. In a very large bowl, cream the butter or margarine. Beat in sugar, a small amount at a time. Add beaten egg yolks, flour mixture, brandy, chocolate and molasses. Beat egg whites until stiff, and fold them into the batter. Dissolve baking soda in hot water and stir gently into batter. Grease and flour 5 bread pans or cake pans, and pour batter into prepared pans.
3. Bake at 275°F for 4 hours. Leave to cool.
4. This recipe makes 5 loaf pans or alternatively you can divide the mixture for a tiered wedding cake. This recipe is sufficient for either the bottom tier or both top tiers. However if you do elect to divide the recipe keep a close eye on the cooking speed of each cake. You may find it necessary to remove the smaller cake and let the other cook on. DON'T attempt to cook all three tiers in one go. For decorating ideas and other wedding cake recipes click here