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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Moravian Sugar Cake</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#EBC79E"> <H3><IMG SRC="coff.gif"> Moravian Sugar Cake, a Christmas tradition</H3><P> <HR> <B>Ingredients:<P> <UL> a potato<BR> dry yeast<BR> butter<BR> granulated sugar<BR> brown sugar<BR> eggs<BR> flour<P> </UL> Take 1 smallish potato - about half a big baking potato, or one smaller russet. Cut up and boil until done. Save the water in which it was boiled. Mash the potato, and force through a colander or ricer. You should have between a half and a full cup of mashed potato when done.<P> Set aside half a cup of the potato water until lukewarm and use it to dissolve one package dry yeast.<P> To 1 cup of the remaining water, add<P> <UL> 1/2 stick butter<P> 1/4 cup granulated sugar<P> 1 teaspoon salt<P> </UL><P> When the butter has melted, add the mashed potato back to the water. When this whole mixture is lukewarm, add the dissolved yeast to it, plus about 1 cup flour. Let this sponge rise until doubled in volume, about an hour in a warm kitchen.<P> Mix 1/2 cup brown sugar with two eggs. Stir the potato mixture down and add the eggs and brown sugar, and enough more flour to make a soft dough. You will use about 4 to 5 cups flour altogether.<P> Knead until smooth. Divide into four equal portions, and let rest for 10-15 minutes. If you're not going to bake until later, you can refrigerate the dough at this point.<P> Roll each portion of dough into an 8x8 square and put into a greased baking pan. Spread a little butter on the top surface.<P> Let rise until double.<P> Preheat oven to 400 degrees.<P> Punch holes in the surface with your fingers, to make little wells all over the top, sprinkle the whole thing with cinnamon and then dot butter and brown sugar in the wells.<P> As soon as you put the cakes in the oven, turn the temperature down to 375 and bake for 20 minutes.<P> If not eaten immediately, warm again in a slow oven before serving.<P> <HR> © Elizabeth Harris, 1996<P> <A HREF="index.html">Return to the Jarvis Family Home Page</A></B> </BODY> </HTML>