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Farmer's Fruit Cake

From Physical culture cook book, 1901
Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Physical culture cook book (1901) by Richardson, Mary Mrs., page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Farmer's Fruit Cake (Good). One cup molasses, one and a half cups sugar, one cup raisins, seeded, one cup currants carefully washed, one cup butter or butter and lard mixed, one teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful cloves, one- quarter of a nutmeg, three eggs and flour enough to make a dough so stiff that it is hard to stir

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