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Fruit and Delicate Cake

From The Blue grass cook book, 1904

Serves 6

Presented as published in 1904. 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 Blue grass cook book (1904) by Minnie C. Fox, page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRUIT AND DELICATE CAKE Mrs. Henry C. Buckner 2^ cups of sugar, 4^ cups of flour, sifted, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of soda, not heaped, 4 eggs. 256 CAKES Flavor with lemon; fill S jelly tins. Then add to the remainder 1 cup of chopped raisins, 1 cup of currants, ^ citron, 2 tablespoons of molasses, 1 tablespoon of brandy, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, ^ tablespoon of mace or allspice

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