2 cups of sugar; y2 cup of butter; 4 eggs; 1 cup of warm mashed potatoes; 4 ounces of bitter chocolate; % cup of water; 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon✪ Fruit Cake (Prize Cake); y2 tea- spoon of mace ; 2 cups of flour ; 3 teaspoons baking powder; y2 cup of raisins; y2 cup of nuts; y2 eup of currants. Cream butter, sugar and yolks of eggs, add cho- colate and spices, then add potatoes and flour and water alternately, and lastly the whites of eggs and fruit. Bake one hour. MRS. A. H. WELGEHAUSEN. — 133 — White Fruit Cake. 1 cup butter; 2 cups sugar; 3 to 3% cups flour, sifted 4 times; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 cup sweet milk ; whites of seven eggs ; Flavor with lemon extract, and 1/3 cup of wine. (Wine may be omitted) ; 1 lb Sultana raisins ; y> lb pecan meats ; y2 lb almonds, blanched; % lb candied cherries and y2 lb candied pineapple ; 1 fresh grated cocoanut✪ White Fruit Cake. Cut fruit fine and flour well. Bake two hours or more in slow oven. MRS. F. W. ARHELGER. MRS. P. W. LEMONS. Fruit Cake (without Eggs.) % cup of sugar; y2 cup of molasses; 1 cup sour milk; 1 cup seeded raisins; 4 tablespoonfuls butter; 1 teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs and soda; 2 cups of flour and nuts if desired. MRS. AD. SCHMIDT. President's Fruit Cake. (Very Good.) T lb butter; 1 lb sugar (brown) ; 1 lb flour (brown- ed and sifted 3 times) ; 12 eggs beaten separately ; 5 lb seeded raisins ; iy2 lb shredded citron peel ; 1 lb crystallized cherries ; 1 lb crystallized diced pineapple ; 1 lb pecans; 1 lb blanched almonds cut fine; 1 glass grape jelly; 2 teaspoonfuls melted chocolate; 1 scant tablespoonful nutmeg ; % tablespoonful allspice ; 1 scant teaspoonful cloves; 1 glass grape juice, and 2 teaspoon- ful rose water✪ President's Fruit Cake (Very Good). Soak almonds over night in rose water and fruit in grape juice, cream butter and sugar, add well beaten yolks of eggs, then spices, grape jelly and s — 134 — chocolate, add whites of eggs, and part of flour, roll fruit in rest of flour, add nuts last bake 4 hours. MRS. MAX WESTKEL. Old English Fruit Cake. 1 egg; 1 cup molasses; 1 cup buttermilk: 1 cup sugar; 1 cup butter; 2 cups flour: 1 teaspoonful soda; 1 teaspoonful cinnamon; 1 teaspoonful cloves; 1 tea- spoonful ginger: 1 nutmeg: to lb citron; y2 lb lemon peel; 12 lb orange peel; y2 lb candied pineapple: 1' lb raisins; 1 lb currants; 1 lb dates; iy2 Hb pecans. Dredge spices and fruit with flour and let stand over night. MRS. Gr. E. WRIGHT. Premium Fruit Cake. 3 cups sugar: V/2 cups butter; 6 eggs: iy2 cups sour cream: 2 teaspoonfuls soda; y2 lb currants: % lb raisins; *4 lb citron; 1 nutmeg; sufficient flour to form stiff batter. MRS. MOURSUND. Lightning Cake. 1 cup butter ; 4 eggs : 1 cup sugar ; 1 heaping cup flour : 1 teaspoonful baking powder ; rind and juice of one lemon. Cream butter and sugar ; add beaten eggs, then flour : beat well. Spread 1 inch thick on flat buttered pans, sprinkle with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. Bake in hot oven; when done cut in squares. MISS E. LUNGKWITZ. MRS. ALB. STAATS. — 135 — Pecan Cake. y2 cup butter; 1% cups sugar; % cups milk- 2 cups flour; 2 level teaspoonfuls baking powder; 1 cup nuts (chopped fine) ; 4 whites of eggs. Sift flour and baking powder 3 times; cream butter, add sugar, then alternately milk and flour, lastly the whites of the eggs and nut meats. Bake in a sheet in a shallow pan 30 to 40 minutes. ✪ Pecan Cake

AI-modernized reading of the original text

2 cups of sugar; y2 cup of butter; 4 eggs; 1 cup of warm mashed potatoes; 4 ounces of bitter chocolate; % cup of water; 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon; y2 teaspoon of mace ; 2 cups of flour ; 3 teaspoons baking powder; y2 cup of raisins; y2 cup of nuts; y2 cup of currants. Cream butter, sugar and yolks of eggs, add chocolate and spices, then add potatoes and flour and water alternately, and lastly the whites of eggs and fruit. Bake one hour. — 133 — White Fruit Cake. 1 cup butter; 2 cups sugar; 3 to 3% cups flour, sifted 4 times; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 cup sweet milk ; whites of seven eggs ; Flavor with lemon extract, and 1/3 cup of wine. (Wine may be omitted) ; 1 lb Sultana raisins ; y> lb pecan meats ; y2 lb almonds, blanched; % lb candied cherries and y2 lb candied pineapple ; 1 fresh grated cocoanut. Cut fruit fine and flour well. Bake two hours or more in slow oven. MRS. F. W. ARHELGER. Fruit Cake (without Eggs.) % cup of sugar; y2 cup of molasses; 1 cup sour milk; 1 cup seeded raisins; 4 tablespoonfuls butter; 1 teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs and soda; 2 cups of flour and nuts if desired. MRS. AD. SCHMIDT. President's Fruit Cake. (Very Good.) T lb butter; 1 lb sugar (brown) ; 1 lb flour (browned and sifted 3 times) ; 12 eggs beaten separately ; 5 lb seeded raisins ; iy2 lb shredded citron peel ; 1 lb crystallized cherries ; 1 lb crystallized diced pineapple ; 1 lb pecans; 1 lb blanched almonds cut fine; 1 glass grape jelly; 2 teaspoonfuls melted chocolate; 1 scant tablespoonful nutmeg ; % tablespoonful allspice ; 1 scant teaspoonful cloves; 1 glass grape juice, and 2 teaspoonful rose water. Soak almonds over night in rose water and fruit in grape juice, cream butter and sugar, add well beaten yolks of eggs, then spices, grape jelly and s — 134 — chocolate, add whites of eggs, and part of flour, roll fruit in rest of flour, add nuts last bake 4 hours. MRS. MAX WESTKEL. Old English Fruit Cake. 1 egg; 1 cup molasses; 1 cup buttermilk: 1 cup sugar; 1 cup butter; 2 cups flour: 1 teaspoonful soda; 1 teaspoonful cinnamon; 1 teaspoonful cloves; 1 teaspoonful ginger: 1 nutmeg: to lb citron; y2 lb lemon peel; 12 lb orange peel; y2 lb candied pineapple: 1' lb raisins; 1 lb currants; 1 lb dates; iy2 Hb pecans. Dredge spices and fruit with flour and let stand over night. MRS. GR. E. WRIGHT. Premium Fruit Cake. 3 cups sugar: V/2 cups butter; 6 eggs: iy2 cups sour cream: 2 teaspoonfuls soda; y2 lb currants: % lb raisins; *4 lb citron; 1 nutmeg; sufficient flour to form stiff batter. Lightning Cake. 1 cup butter ; 4 eggs : 1 cup sugar ; 1 heaping cup flour : 1 teaspoonful baking powder ; rind and juice of one lemon. Cream butter and sugar ; add beaten eggs, then flour : beat well. Spread 1 inch thick on flat buttered pans, sprinkle with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. Bake in hot oven; when done cut in squares. MISS E. LUNGKWITZ. MRS. ALB. STAATS. — 135 — Pecan Cake. y2 cup butter; 1% cups sugar; % cups milk; 2 cups flour; 2 level teaspoonfuls baking powder; 1 cup nuts (chopped fine) ; 4 whites of eggs. Sift flour and baking powder 3 times; cream butter, add sugar, then alternately milk and flour, lastly the whites of the eggs and nut meats. Bake in a sheet in a shallow pan 30 to 40 minutes.

Records on this page

Fruit CakePremium Fruit CakeOld English Fruit CakeFruit Cake (Prize Cake)Fruit Cake (without Eggs)Cup Fruit CakeDevil's Food CakePotato Fruit CakeWhite Fruit CakePresident's Fruit Cake (Very Good)Pecan CakeLightning Cake

The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book