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Economical Fruit Cake

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 2

Spices can be adjusted to personal taste.

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 348. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Economical Fruit Cake. — One cup of butter, half a cup of sugar, two cups of raisins, two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda; spices to suit the taste; citron, if you choose

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