Don’t tell any of my friends, but I’m a sucker for Martha Stewart. Now that I can watch daytime TV (hey, it’s my job) I haven’t been able to get enough of this fierce and cool lady at Martha. Today featured Caroline Kennedy plugging her Christmas book and showcasing Martha Washington’s special cake recipe. I was ready to give the recipe a try when I realized that it calls for 10 large eggs! And a pound of sugar! (and did she say something about 40 egg whites?? No wonder colonials only lived to see 40). Martha also mentioned the creepy fact that Neil Diamond wrote the song Caroline about her…and said it was cute. Is she forgetting that Caroline was like ten years old at the time?
Ingredients are below, check out the instructions
Serves 12 to 16
• Nonstick cooking spray with flour
• 10 large eggs, separated
• Pinch of salt
• 1 pound unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 pound sugar
• 1 1/4 pounds all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground mace
• 2 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground nutmeg
• 3 1/2 ounces raisins
• 2 ounces sliced almonds
• 2 large apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 1 large pear, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 2 ounces white wine, preferably chardonnay or pinot gris
• 2 ounces cognac
