Eggless Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Sugar
• “24 cup of Butter
• 1 cup of Molasses
• 1 cup of chopped Nuts
• 1% pound Citron
• cup of Raisins
• cup Currants
• Juice and grated rind of an Orange
• Nutmeg
• teaspoon Cloves
• teaspoon Allspice
• teaspoon Cinnamon
• teaspoon Ginger
• teaspoon of Soda dissolved in 14 cup of boiling water (let cool before using)
• 1 ounce of Chocolate dissolved in 14 cup of strong black coffee
• 2 teaspoons Crescent Baking Powder

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar; add molasses, water, coffee, juice and rind of orange.

2. 2

   Sift baking powder and spices with flour enough to make stiff batter; flour fruit and nuts, and add them last.

3. 3

   Let stand in pans ten or fifteen minutes before putting in oven.

4. 4

   Bake in slow oven about one and one-half hours.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Crescent cook book (1920) by Ohio) Crescent Manufacturing Company (Fremont, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

EGGLESS FRUIT CAKE 1 cup of Sugar “24 cup of Butter 1 cup of Molasses 1 cup of chopped Nuts 1% pound Citron cup of Raisins cup Currants Juice and grated rind of an Orange Nutmeg teaspoon Cloves teaspoon Allspice teaspoon Cinnamon teaspoon Ginger teaspoon of Soda dissolved in 14 cup of boiling water (let cool before using) 1 ounce of Chocolate dissolved in 14 cup of strong black coffee 2 teaspoons Crescent Baking Powder

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