Minnehaha Cake

Name: Minnehaha Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12 (Makes 1 cake)
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups packed (17½ ounces/496 grams), dark brown sugar; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks), unsalted butter, softened; 2/3 cup, heavy cream; 1 1/4 cups, sliced almonds; 2/3 cup, raisins; 3 (8-inch), baked white cake rounds

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes
Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2007

The cake is traditionally a three-layered affair filled with raisins and almonds and topped with a burnt sugar frosting.

SERVES 10 to 12 (Makes 1 cake)

TIME 1 hour

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