Dried Apple Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• two cups of dried apples
• two cups of Orleans molasses
• one cup of butter
• one cup of milk
• one half cup sugar
• three cups of flour
• two level teaspoons of cinnamon
• two level teaspoons of allspice
• two level teaspoons of cloves
• three of baking powder
• three eggs
• one-half pound of raisins
• a cup of currants
• a tablespoon of chopped citron

Method

1. 1

   Soak dried apples overnight, chop and simmer in molasses until dark.

2. 2

   Let cool, then add butter, milk, sugar, flour, spices, baking powder, eggs, and raisins.

3. 3

   Bake for two to two and a half hours in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fruit recipes (1907) by Berry, Riley Maria Fletcher Mrs., page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DRIEDTAPPLE FRUIT CAKE Soak two cups of dried apples over night. In the morn- ing chop and simmer them, until dark, (red or brown), in two cups of Orleans molasses. Let cool and add one cup each of butter and milk, one half cup sugar, three cups of flour, two level teaspoons each of cinnamon, allspice, and cloves, three of baking powder, three eggs, and one-half pound of raisins. (Also, if liked, a cup of currants and a tablespoon of chopped citron

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