Black Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• Brown sugar, 2 cups
• Butter, 1 cup
• Eggs, 3
• Molasses, 1 cup
• Soda, 1 teaspoon
• Ground cloves, 1 teaspoon
• Powdered cinnamon, 1 teaspoon
• Flour, 5 cups
• Sour milk, 1 cup
• Raisins, 1 pound
• Currants, 1 pound
• Citron, 1 pound
• Nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter with the sugar.

2. 2

   Beat the eggs thoroughly, and add them to the creamed butter and sugar.

3. 3

   Add also the molasses, soda, and spices, and beat well.

4. 4

   Next add the 5 cups of sifted flour, and 1 cup of sour milk, beating it in; first adding a little flour, and beating it in, and then a little of the milk, and so on, until all is well beaten in.

5. 5

   Flour lightly the raisins, currants, and citron, and stir into the batter, and bake in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 80. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BLACK FRUIT CAKE Brown sugar, 2 cups, Butter, 1 cup, Eggs, 3, Molasses, 1 cup, Soda, 1 teaspoon. Ground cloves, 1 teaspoon, Powdered cinnamon, 1 teaspoon, Flour, 5 cups. Sour milk, 1 cup, Raisins, 1 pound. Currants, 1 pound, Citron, 1 pound. Nutmeg

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