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January 30, 1960
Kodiak Mirror
Kodiak, Alaska
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Manitoba housewives take pride in their unique rum cakes, a dessert rivaling the province's famous Goldeye fish. The article describes the cake's popularity in homes and provides a detailed recipe using butter, brown sugar, dates, walnuts, and rum flavoring, baked at 350°F for 75 minutes.
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RUM CAKES POPULAR
WITH HOUSEWIVES IN
MANITOBA PROVINCE
While there isn't a gourmet in the world who isn't familiar with Winnipeg Goldeye, a fish that is exclusive to the waters of Manitoba, housewives of the province pride themselves on their rum cakes as the dessert of all desserts. There's nothing quite like a Manitoba rum cake anywhere else in the world, they say.
While the Goldeye, smoked fish, is a specialty on the Canadian National Railways' dining cars operating in the Western Provinces, the Manitoba rum cake, however, is to be had in almost any private home in the province. Here's how the Prairie Province housewives make their rum cakes:
1 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 lb. dates
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon rum (or rum flavoring)
1 cup boiling water
Grease an angel cake or 8 x 8 x 2" pan. Cover bottom with greased wax paper. Cut up dates. Chop walnuts. Cream butter and brown sugar until well blended; then add the dates and nuts to this mixture. Add the baking soda to boiling water, pour over the creamed butter, brown sugar and dates. Stir until cool. Add 2 eggs, well beaten. Gradually stir in sifted flour and salt, beating until smooth. Add rum flavoring. Turn batter into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes at 350°F.
Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Frost with rich butter icing, flavored with 1 teaspoon rum flavoring and 1/4 teaspoon mace.
If desired, decorate with drained, halved maraschino cherries. FNS
WITH HOUSEWIVES IN
MANITOBA PROVINCE
While there isn't a gourmet in the world who isn't familiar with Winnipeg Goldeye, a fish that is exclusive to the waters of Manitoba, housewives of the province pride themselves on their rum cakes as the dessert of all desserts. There's nothing quite like a Manitoba rum cake anywhere else in the world, they say.
While the Goldeye, smoked fish, is a specialty on the Canadian National Railways' dining cars operating in the Western Provinces, the Manitoba rum cake, however, is to be had in almost any private home in the province. Here's how the Prairie Province housewives make their rum cakes:
1 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 lb. dates
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon rum (or rum flavoring)
1 cup boiling water
Grease an angel cake or 8 x 8 x 2" pan. Cover bottom with greased wax paper. Cut up dates. Chop walnuts. Cream butter and brown sugar until well blended; then add the dates and nuts to this mixture. Add the baking soda to boiling water, pour over the creamed butter, brown sugar and dates. Stir until cool. Add 2 eggs, well beaten. Gradually stir in sifted flour and salt, beating until smooth. Add rum flavoring. Turn batter into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes at 350°F.
Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Frost with rich butter icing, flavored with 1 teaspoon rum flavoring and 1/4 teaspoon mace.
If desired, decorate with drained, halved maraschino cherries. FNS
What sub-type of article is it?
Culinary Recipe
Regional Tradition
What keywords are associated?
Rum Cake
Manitoba
Housewives
Recipe
Goldeye Fish
Prairie Province
What entities or persons were involved?
Housewives Of The Province
Where did it happen?
Manitoba Province
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Housewives Of The Province
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Manitoba Province
Story Details
Housewives in Manitoba pride themselves on rum cakes as a unique dessert, contrasting with the famous Goldeye fish. The recipe involves creaming butter and sugar with dates and nuts, adding boiled water with baking soda, eggs, flour, salt, and rum flavoring, then baking and frosting.