Fruit and Nut Cake

Name: Fruit and Nut Cake
Ingredients: Two cups sugar; One cup butter; One cup of cold water; Four cups flour; Six eggs, white and yolkes beaten separately; One coffee cup of walnuts; Half pound raisins; One teaspoonful soda; Two teaspoonfuls cream tartar; One teaspoonful mixed nutmeg and cinnamon

From Recipes compiled by the ladies of St. Mark's Guild, 1886, revised 1909, 1909

Presented as published in 1909. 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 Recipes compiled by the ladies of St. Mark's Guild, 1886, revised 1909 (1909) by Utah) St. Mark's Guild (Salt Lake City, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRUIT‘AND NUT CAKE. MRS. IRELAND. Two cups sugar. One cup butter. One cup of cold water. Four cups flour. Six eggs, white and yolkes beaten separately. One coffee cup of walnuts, free from shells and very sweet and dry. Half pound raisins seeded, chopped and dredged with flour. One teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water. Two teaspoonfuls cream tartar sifted with flour. One teaspoonful mixed nutmeg and cinnamon

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