Christmas Cake No. 1

Name: Christmas Cake No. 1
Yield: 20 servings
Ingredients: One cup shortening (half butter and half lard); 2 cups brown sugar; 4 eggs; 1 cup sour milk; 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in milk; 1 pound of raisins; 1 pound currants; 1 lemon peel; spice; vanilla; nutmeg; I wine glass of wine; 5 cups flour; 1 cup of molasses

From Magnet users cook book, 1920

Serves 20

Recipe by Mrs. Alex. Hergott, Proton Station, Ontario.

Presented as published in 1920. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Magnet users cook book (1920) by Petrie Manufacturing Co, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHRISTMAS CAKE No. 1. One cup shortening (half butter and half lard), 2 cups brown sugar, 4 eggs, 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in milk, 1 pound of raisins, 1 pound currants, 1 lemon peel, spice, vanilla and nutmeg. I wine glass of wine, 5 cups flour, 1 cup of molasses

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