English Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. butter
• 6 tbsp. sweet milk
• 1 lb. light brown sugar
• 3 lbs. currants
• 9 eggs
• 2 lbs. raisins
• 1 lb. flour
• ½ lb. nuts
• 2 tsp. mace
• ½ lb. ground citron
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. soda

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, add sugar gradually and beat thoroughly.

2. 2

   Separate eggs and beat, add to first mixture.

3. 3

   Then add milk and fruit, first mixed with a little flour.

4. 4

   Flour mixed and sifted with mace, cinnamon, and soda.

5. 5

   Put in a big pan or 4 loaf pans, and bake for 2 or 3 hours in a very slow oven (about 250 to 300 degrees).

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Relief Societ Cookbook (1930) by Relief Society of the Fourth Ward of Rexburg, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 lb. raisins (cooked slowly until tender, very little water remain- ing, let cool before adding without chopping. — Mrs. Cyral A. Watson. PORK CAKE (Fruit Cake Egg less) 1 lb. fresh fat pork ground, scald with 1V2 c. boiling water 1 lb. raisins 1 lb. currants V4 lb. citron, l/4 lb. lemon peel 1 c. sugar 1 c. molasses 1 tsp. each of cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg 1 tsp. soda Flour to make medium stiff dough. — Mrs. May Grover JELLY ROLL 3/4 c. sugar 3 eggs 4 tbsp. water 2 tsp. baking powder 1 c. flour — Mrs. I. N. Corey. 22 THE RELIEF SOCIETY COOK BOOK ENGLISH FRUIT CAKE 1 lb. butter 6 tbsp. sweet milk 1 lb. light brown sugar 3 lbs. currants 9 eggs 2 l°s- raisins 1 lb. flour Vi lb- nuts 2 tsp. mace V2 lb. ground citron 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. soda

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