English Christmas Cakes

Name: English Christmas Cakes
Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients: Four cups light brown sugar; one and a third cups each of butter; one and a third cups each of sour milk; six eggs beaten separately; two teaspoons soda; salt; cloves; cinnamon; nutmeg; two cups raisins; two cups nut meats; one-half pound citron; flour to stiffen

From The Twin-city housewife, 1920

Serves 16

Presented as published in 1920. 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 Twin-city housewife (1920) by N.C.) International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons. Whatsoever Circle (Winston-Salem, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

English Christmas Cakes Four cups light brown sugar, one and a third cups each of butter and sour milk, six eggs beaten separately, two teaspoons soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. Add at the last two cups raisins, two cups nut meats, one-half pound citron, and flour to stiffen

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