Black Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• three-fourths of a pound of butter
• one pound of brown sugar
• ten eggs
• one cup of molasses
• a grated nutmeg
• a teaspoonful of cinnamon
• half a teaspoon of cloves
• half a teaspoon of allspice
• a wine-glass of brandy
• one pound of flour
• two pounds of currants
• two pounds of raisins
• half a pound of citron

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter with brown sugar, add the eggs (yolks and whites beaten separately), then add molasses, spices, and brandy.

2. 2

   Mix in flour and finally add currants and raisins (chopped and floured).

3. 3

   Bake in a moderate oven for two and a half to three hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with .. (1902) by Lida Seely, page 187. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Black Fruit Oake Cream three-fourths of a pound of butter with one pound of brown sugar and add ten eggs, the yolks and whites of which bave been beaten separately. Afterward put in one cup of molasses, a grated nutmeg, a teaspoonful of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of cloves, half a teaspoon of allspice, and a wine-glass of brandy, and mix thoroughly. Then add one pound of flour, and the last thing two pounds of currants, two pounds of raisins, half a pound of citron

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