How divine is this? At first, it puzzled me and then I figured it out. A scripture cake is a fun, bible learning way to make a cake. Each ingredient can be found in the bible verse listed in the recipe. A good way to spend a Sunday with the kids!
Scripture Cake
by Eleanor Tollefsen
1/2 cup Judges 5:25 last clause
2 cups Jeremiah 6:20
2 TB I Samuel 14:25
6 Jeremiah 17:11
1 cup I Kings 4:22
2 tsp Amos 4:5
II Chronicles 9:9 to taste
1 tsp Leviticus 2:13
1/2 cup Judges 4:19 last clause
2 cups Nahum 3:12
2 cups Numbers 17:8
2 cups I Samuel 30:12
Beat the Judges, Jeremiah and I Samuel until light. Beat the 6 Jeremiah yolks and add. Add Kings, Amos, Chronicles and Leviticus alternately with Judges. Fold in Nahum, Numbers and Samuel then add the six Jeremiah whites beaten stiff. Bake two hours in greased 10" tube pan at 300F. Makes 28 servings. This is delicious.
Be careful if attempting this - the directions reference Samuel twice, since it appears in the ingredient list twice (but for different things). I know this would be too confusing for me to make :-)
My mother will be upset to learn that I don't own a bible so I can't even look these up. I had many years of bible school as a tyke but I don't remember a book of the bible named 'Nahum' ... it just doesn't ring a bell with me.
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what an interesting recipe? that would be fun to make with kids and teach them about the bible... i wonder what it ends up tasting like!
It seems to make a rather large cake! I'm curious what the 2 cups of Nahum, Numbers, and I Samuel must be. If you try it, let me know!
There's always Biblegateway.com
Ahhh - thanks for the site Nate-n-Annie! Here's one hint to get everyone started on their cakes:
Nahum 3:12 (New International Version)
12 All your fortresses are like fig trees with their first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.
Aren't those fun? They were particularly popular in Missouri, Vermont and New Hampshire. Sometimes also called Bible Cakes. I have a Scripture Cake recipe too, but it's different from yours (with figs and raisins too). It's an even bigger cake with more than 12 cups of ingredients. I'll have to post it sometime! I'm grabbing your recipe.
Nahum is a small book, only 3 small chapters in Old Testament which is why most people don't remember it.
1/2 c. butter
2 c. sugar
2 tbs. honey
6 eggs
1 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
Spices to taste
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. milk
2 c. figs
2 c. almonds
2 c. raisins
Beat the butter, sugar, and honey until light. Beat the 6 egg yolks and add. Add flour, baking powder, spices, and salt alternately with the milk. Fold in figs, almonds and raisins, then add the 6 egg whites beaten stiff. Bake 2 hours in greased 10" tube pan at 300F. Makes 28 servings. The end.