Dark Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• Seven-eighths cup butter
• 134, cups dark brown sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 pound raisins seeded and chopped
• 1 pound currants
• 14 cup citron sliced
• 14 cup sour milk
• 14 nutmeg grated
• 1 teaspoon each cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon each cloves
• 1 teaspoon each mace
• 414 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 14 cup molasses

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and add sugar gradually.

2. 2

   Add yolks of eggs, molasses and milk.

3. 3

   Sift soda and spices with flour, add flour and beaten whites alternately, then add fruit mixed with flour.

4. 4

   Line two loaf tins with well buttered paper.

5. 5

   Bake in moderate oven for two hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Carbon County cook book (1926), page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Dark Fruit Cake. Seven-eighths cup butter, 134, cups dark brown sugar, 6 eggs, 1 pound raisins seeded and chopped, 1 pound currants, 14, cup citron sliced, 14 cup sour milk, 14 nutmeg grated, 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves and mace, 414 cups flour, 1 cup chopped walnuts, 1 teaspoon soda, 14 cup molasses

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