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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking
- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Subject: Root beer cake
- Message-ID: <199412091902.AA253849728@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 19:02:13 GMT
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- ROOT BEER CAKE
- Preparation time: 25 minutes
- Cooking time: 55 minutes
- Yield: One 8-inch cake
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- Cake:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch salt
- 1 cup root beer (do not use diet)
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Frosting:
- 6 tablespoons root beer
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup ( 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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- 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch springform pan.
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- 2. For cake, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Put
- 1 cup root beer in a small saucepan; boil, uncovered, until it is reduced
- to 1/2 cup, about 5 minutes. Cool to lukewarm.
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- 3. Beat brown sugar and butter in large bowl of an electric mixer on high
- speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time,
- mixing well after each addition. Stop the mixer and add the reduced root
- beer and vanilla. Mix just to combine. Fold in the dry ingredients with a
- rubber spatula.
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- 4. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the
- center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. Poke holes all
- over top with a toothpick. Brush with about 3 tablespoons of the root beer.
- Remove the sides from the pan and cool cake completely.
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- 5. For frosting, mix remaining 3 tablespoons root beer, confectioners'
- sugar, butter and vanilla in a small bowl to make a thin frosting. Spread
- over top of cooled cake, letting it drip down the sides.
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