Easily Made Fruit Cake (Mrs. J. E. Alexander)
From The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook book, 1907
Serves 6
Presented as published in 1907. 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 The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook book (1907) by Marian B. Sexton, page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
EASILY MADE FRUIT CAKE. Mrs. J. E. Alexander. Two cups sugar, three-fourths cup butter, three cups flour, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, five eggs, yolks beaten with butter and sugar, whites added last with flour, one pint seeded raisins, one pint cleaned currants, one-fourth pound citron, roll fruit in a little flour, small tablespoon cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg
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