This meal is a staple in Canadian cuisine. Grated potatoes are the main component. This was passed down to me from my Nova Scotian family. Because it took so much time and effort to prepare in the beginning, it was always a special treat, but it was well worth the wait. The old-fashioned way of grating potatoes was to take a baking sheet and hammer nails through it to make a huge potato grater. We would wrap the mushy potato in a towel and spin it till all the fluid was removed after grating (always scraped a knuckle or two). Ouch! The mixture would occasionally fly everywhere when the towel would rip. Now we employ our juicer.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 14 |
| Yield: | 1 9- or 10-inch cake |
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water
- ¼ cup rum
- ⅔ cup chopped raisins
- ¾ cup butter, melted
- 1 egg
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ⅔ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9- or 10-inch tube pan.
- Pour boiling water into a small bowl. Add rum and raisins; set aside.
- Pour melted butter into a large mixing bowl. Beat in egg. Stir in raisin mixture.
- Sift sugar, flour, baking soda, and cocoa together in a separate bowl. Stir into raisin mixture. Add chopped pecans and stir until just combined. If batter is too thick add a little more water. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until an inserted toothpick comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a serving dish.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 289 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 39 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 167 mg |
| Sugars | 23 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It’s very delicious, perfect recipe
I made this last Christmas. I’m going to make it again soon. Going to add diced apple and chopped dates. My grandmother used to make a cake at Christmas time similar to this. It was called Less Cake. This is pretty close. It’s rich dark hearty flavor brings back warm memories.
Not very good, waste of time and money. Blah. It just needed something.
this cake was great my neighbor asked me to bake one for her family fiesta
Very different, yet good cake! Definitely needs to be topped with something sweet. I used cream cheese frosting and it was great. It should be called chocolate rum raisin cake because the chocolate is definitely powerful. Wasn’t able to taste the rum at all. So I would add more next time or pour a rum glaze over the top of the baked cake.
This cake was horrible. I took it home for Christmas and no one ate it. It didnt have a good flavor and would have had to be topped with something. Big waste of time.
This cake is fabulous! Wonderful flavour, aromatic, and not too sweet! Mmmm. I served it warm with whipping cream poured on top. Wonderful. I ate the last piece a few days later (warmed up in the microwave) and it was even more flavourful! Thanks, Maree for a great recipe!!