Cheap Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried fruit (apples or peaches).
• 1 cup raisins, lightly floured.
• 1 cup molasses.
• 1 cup buttermilk.
• 1 egg.
• 1 t-spoon cloves.
• 1 cup sugar.
• 1 t-spoon nutmeg.
• 31/2 to 4 cups flour.
• 1 t-spoon cinnamon.

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve soda in buttermilk.

2. 2

   Soak the dried fruit overnight, drain, and cook with the molasses until the mixture is thick.

3. 3

   Add the butter to the hot mixture and allow it to cook before adding the remaining ingredients.

4. 4

   Bake cake in moderate oven.

5. 5

   This makes a good-sized loaf.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 12 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEAP FRUIT CAKE. 1 cup dried fruit (apples or 1 cup raisins, lightly floured. peaches). 1 t-spoon soda. 1 cup molasses. 1 cup buttermilk. 1 egg. 1 t-spoon cloves. 1 cup sugar. 1 t-spoon nutmeg. 31/2 to 4 cups flour. 1 t-spoon cinnamon.

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