define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Molasses – Let's Cook Together https://www.denismartel.ca Denis Martel's Cookbook Sat, 10 May 2025 17:13:06 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.denismartel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/favicon.jpg Molasses – Let's Cook Together https://www.denismartel.ca 32 32 Rum Cake https://www.denismartel.ca/fr/2010/04/rum-cake/ https://www.denismartel.ca/fr/2010/04/rum-cake/#respond Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:27:50 +0000 https://www.denismartel.ca/?p=131

In the West Indies, the newly wed share with their guest a piece of this cake.

After putting so much rum and wine in the cake, it almost has the texture of fudge. A small piece after dinner is enough to make you happy!!!

The flavour will develop with time… just like good wine!!!

Ingredients:

Fruits:

  • 450 gr mix peel, chopped
  • 450 gr raisins
  • 450 gr dried apricot, chopped
  • 750 ml rum
  • Enough sweet red wine to cover fruit

Cake:

  • 450 gr brown sugar
  • 450 gr butter
  • 1.5 l flour
  • 10 ml baking powder
  • 12 eggs
  • 2 ml salt
  • 20 ml vanilla
  • 500 ml molasses

Method:

  • A few weeks before you intend to make this cake, cook the fruit for 15 minutes in boiling water
  • Drain and put the fruit in a large airtight jar (extra large Mason jar for example)
  • Cover with the rum and red wine and let marinate a few weeks/months, the longer the better

Cake:

  • Cream butter and sugar together
  • In a clean bowl, beat the eggs until they are light and fluffy
  • Add the butter to the eggs
  • Add all the remaining ingredients and mix well
  • Pour the batter in a rectangular pans (about 4 cm high) – like a bread pans (you will need a few of them)
  • Bake at 3000 F for about one hour maximum, then lower the temperature to 2750 F for another hour to a hour and a half, until cooked
  • Let the cake cool before removing from the pans
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Gingerbread Cookies https://www.denismartel.ca/fr/2010/04/gingerbread-cookies/ https://www.denismartel.ca/fr/2010/04/gingerbread-cookies/#respond Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:01:07 +0000 https://www.denismartel.ca/?p=116

By putting the dough in the refrigerator, it helps to make it less sticky…maybe my wife should put me in the refrigerator sometimes!

Ingredients:

  • 125 ml shortening
  • 125 ml butter
  • 250 ml molasses
  • 250 ml brown sugar
  • 250 ml milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 l flour (roughly)
  • 10 ml baking soda
  • 10 ml grounded ginger powder

Method:

  • Break the shortening with a fork and cream it
  • Add brown sugar and mix well
  • Combine the baking soda with the molasses and then add to the butter mixture
  • Add milk, flour and ginger and mix until smooth and thick
  • Place the dough in the refrigerator to cool for about one hour
  • On a flat surface, dust with flour and roll the dough to about 0.5 cm thick
  • Using a cookie cutter or a glass if you do not have any, cut the cookies and place on an un-greased cookie sheet
  • Bake at 3500 F for 10 to 15 minutes on the top rack.
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