I am excited to share this recipe with you as part of The Longest Day fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association.  Please consider making a donation to help support research to find a cure! 

Recipe donated by: Gretchen Smith and Jenifer Gaston

In honor of Mary Falcsik and her amazing caregiver, George Falcsik

Ingredients:

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup raisins and 1 cup currants, stewed
• 2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup milk, scalded
• 2 cups flour

Cream the butter and brown sugar together. Add eggs and mix well. Add the raisins and currants.

Mix together flour, nutmeg and soda; add this mixture to the butter-sugar mixture alternately with scalded milk.

Steam for three hours or more.

Sauce:

• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 tsp vanilla

Boil all sauce ingredients together – may add a little more flour if needed to thicken.