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Irish Molasses Cake Recipe - This easy cake recipe from Ireland is so moist and delicious. It's great for summertime, but the flavors really lend themselves to fall and winter too!
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0:00
- Good morning.
0:01
You know, I always love when I hear from y'all.
0:04
Well, I got a note in the mail from Peter Mahagian?
0:13
Do you think that? M A-
0:14
- [Teresa] It almost look like Michigan but there's extras-
0:17
- It does, it looks like Michigan
0:18
except its M A H I G I A N.
0:22
Sorry, Peter if I mutilated your last name.
0:26
But listen to this, he said,
0:29
"Met you Paula,
0:32
14 years ago on a Paula Deen cruise."
0:37
So after 14 years, I'm stealing his memory bank.
0:40
So, thank you Peter for that.
0:43
So, he sent me a recipe and he said,
0:46
"This is his nana's recipe that comes over from Ireland."
0:52
So, took him 14 years to get it to me,
0:55
but I finally got it Peter and thank you so much.
0:59
And this is a very, very, very, very simple dish.
1:05
In fact, if it called for melted butter
1:08
I wouldn't even have to pull out my little hand mixer,
1:11
but since it does not call for melted butter,
1:17
(silverware rustling)
1:19
I'm gon' mix it up with my little hand mixer.
1:24
(knife scrapping noises)
1:25
Y'all know I'm gonna get all the good off this paper.
1:27
(Paula laughs)
1:28
Look at that almost two teaspoons.
1:30
(Paula laughs)
1:32
All right.
1:34
So, we've got half a cup of butter.
1:40
(mixer hitting glass noises)
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And I'm just gonna give that a few twirls.
1:47
(mixer buzzing noises)
1:51
Okay.
1:52
And then we've got three fourths of a cup of molasses.
1:59
So that sounds like an Irish recipe. Doesn't it, Teresa?
2:03
- [Teresa] It does.
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- Calling for molasses.
2:07
- [Teresa] And it's actually a cup of molasses.
2:09
- Oh, it was a cup? I thought it looked like three quarters.
2:13
Thank you, thank you. Molasses is very, very strong.
2:18
I think it's even stronger than our cane syrup,
2:20
(Teresa hums in agreement)
2:21
You know?
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Okay.
2:24
- [Teresa] It tastes so good.
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- Yes.
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I'm gonna add a half a cup of sugar
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and I'm gon' add one egg.
2:32
(egg bangs on table)
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So, gon' mix this up.
2:41
(mixer hitting bowl)
2:47
Looks like motor oil.
2:51
Doesn't it Terese?
2:52
- [Teresa] Very good motor oil.
2:54
- [Paula] Yes.
2:55
(mixer twirls off)
3:03
Okay, so I want to stop
3:08
and go around my bowl.
3:13
My little rubber spatula.
3:16
- [Teresa] That smells so good.
3:19
- Okay, so he just says stir, stir everything in.
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So we've got two cups of all purpose flour,
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half a teaspoon of cinnamon,
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one teaspoon of soda,
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half a teaspoon of ginger,
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and a fourth of a teaspoon of ground cloves.
3:49
(bowls hitting each other)
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Okie-dok.
3:53
So I think, I don't know if we can retire that yet or not
3:59
'cause right now it looks thick,
4:02
but this is gonna be a real thin batter.
4:08
(running water)
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And we have to add one cup of hot
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and he specified in capital letters the, "HOT."
4:17
(spatula bangs against bowl)
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(running water)
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So this is very similar to one of our damps cakes, isn't it?
4:25
- [Teresa] It is.
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(running water)
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- And this water gets pretty hot in my sink.
4:35
Teresa had a cup poured up and it cooled off
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'cause we'd been talking and talking.
4:42
(both laughing)
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I know y'all find that hard to believe.
4:53
All right, now Peter said to-
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- [Teresa] Oh-oh.
4:57
(mixer whirls)
4:59
- That kinda got out of hand for a minute.
5:01
So Peter said to just stir in you're very hot water.
5:07
So Ima' mix this up and then from here on out
5:10
we just gonna stir it, maybe.
5:15
(mixer rattling against bowl)
5:17
It depends on how it looks y'all.
5:19
(Teresa laughs)
5:21
Okay.
5:22
You know what? This reminds me of ginger bread.
5:25
- [Teresa] I was thinking the same thing.
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- [Paula] Smells like ginger bread.
5:28
- [Teresa] But I guess when you add the water,
5:30
it's what makes cakey.
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- Yeah.
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And just the one egg.
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Okay.
5:45
He doesn't say whether to stir it fast
5:47
or slow or all at once or anything.
5:52
So I'm gon' go a little slower.
5:58
And he did not say y'all, anything about an icing on this
6:05
but he calls it a cake.
6:09
(water splattering noise)
6:12
I think I am gon' turn on my mixer.
6:17
One more time.
6:27
(mixer rumbling)
6:33
Yeah, 'cause I wanna make sure
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it's all incorporated very, very well.
6:43
And you can see the batter is very, very thin.
6:46
(mixer rattles against bowl)
6:54
You know Teresa I almost think,
6:59
maybe a cinnamon glaze on it?
7:02
- [Teresa] Uhhh...
7:03
- Maybe kind of like a cinnamon roll.
7:06
- [Teresa] Yum, that sorta thing so.
7:09
Well, you know, we always
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have a confectioner's sugar.
7:12
- [Paula] I know.
7:12
(Paula laughs)
7:13
- [Teresa] On hand.
7:14
- There's a few things we don't run out of.
7:16
- [Teresa] At all.
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- Butter, mayonnaise, confectioner's sugar,
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white sugar and flour.
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(running water noises)
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- [Teresa] We usually have sour cream.
7:25
- [Paula] Oh, always got sour cream too.
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(non-stick spray spraying)
7:28
All right now Peter tells us to
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bake this in a glass.
7:34
- [Teresa] Now he tells us a nine by nine but you know-
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- Nine by nine, this is an eight by eight, right?
7:38
- [Teresa] And that's because we struggle
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with the fact that we haven't unpacked
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a nine by nine yet, so.
7:41
- [Paula] It's in storage, our nine by nine is in storage.
7:45
All right so it'll take a little bit longer probably,
7:51
than what Peter has recommended cooking.
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- [Teresa] It's gon' be thicker?
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- The cooking time yeah, it's gon' be fatter.
8:00
Okay, so there we go.
8:02
He tells us to bake this
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in a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
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So I'm gonna set our timer on, maybe 45 minutes.
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(water running)
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Of course you know I'll peak at it before then
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but I think that's maybe what it'll take for ours.
8:22
Okay, so see, y'all in 45.
8:26
Our little cake is ready, the recipe from Ireland.
8:32
So, I did have to cook it a little longer,
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than was recommended because our pan was smaller
8:44
but that looks delicious
8:47
- [Teresa] And it smells fabulous.
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- Smells so good. Do y'all smell it?
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(Paula laughs)
8:52
No, you don't smell it.
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I know you can't, but I'm not gon' try to cut it
8:58
right now 'cause it's too hot.
8:59
So we'll come back in a minute after it's cooled
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and we'll taste it and decide what whip cream,
9:07
fresh whipped sweetened cream or a glaze
9:11
or maybe even a frosting
9:13
or maybe just naked like the recipe was given to us.
9:16
Your nana's-
9:21
What'd she call it? Molasses cake.
9:23
I keep wanting to call it,
9:26
a gingerbread cake,
9:30
is cooled off enough so,
9:33
(knife hitting glass)
9:34
Teresa and I, sorry about you not being here Eddie
9:39
but we'll save you a piece.
9:45
So Teresa, ooh, gosh that cuts good.
9:50
- [Teresa] Look how moist it is.
9:51
- Uh-huh, it is, it's so moist.
9:56
Wow.
9:59
So let's talk about whether we wanna icing for this.
10:09
(Paula laughs in delight)
10:10
Oh my gosh!
10:12
(silverware rattles)
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Teresa.
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- [Teresa] That's always a good sign.
10:17
- There's your fork girl, fork it.
10:21
Mm mm mm!
10:26
It is so moist.
10:31
Look how moist.
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I don't know-
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(silverware scratching pan)
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- [Teresa] I think I'm just about to dig in with my fingers.
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- I got a great big mouthful.
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- [Teresa] Oh my God.
10:50
- I know!
10:51
- [Teresa] Those were great flavors together.
10:53
- Uh-huh!
10:54
- [Teresa] See, I think you've put whipped cream on it
10:56
and it would be fine, I don't-
10:57
- That's what I think too.
10:58
- (Teresa) I don't think you'd would wanna-
10:59
- Just a dollop of a frozen whipped topping,
11:02
but I would use a fresh sweetened whipped cream on top.
11:06
- [Teresa] Only 'cause anything else
11:07
might take away from the-
11:08
- That's what I'm thinking.
11:10
- [Teresa] Flavors.
11:11
- That's what I'm thinking
11:12
- [Teresa] That is the bomb!
11:13
- It is!
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- [Teresa] I'll be making that and taking that to friends.
11:16
- Mm mm mm!
11:19
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater.
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You made me a molasses eater.
11:26
(Paula laughs)
11:30
I'm a poet and don't know it y'all.
11:32
(Paula laughs)
11:35
Delicious Peter.
11:40
I hope you have many fun memories of your nana
11:43
and thank you so much
11:45
for choosing to share it with me, darling, thank you.
11:49
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