Fruit Cake

Name: Fruit Cake
Ingredients: Eighteen eggs; one and one-half pounds flour; one and one-half pounds sugar; one and one-half pounds butter; two pounds raisins; two pounds currants; one and one half pounds citron; two nutmegs; two pounds almonds; two tablespoonfuls cinnamon; two tablespoonfuls mace; one small teaspoonful cloves; one small teaspoonful salt; two small teaspoonfuls ginger; two wine glasses of wine; one ten spoonful soda; two teaspoonfuls cream tartar; one cup sAveet milk

From Durham cook book ..., 1921

Presented as published in 1921. 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 Durham cook book ... (1921) by Durham (N. C.) Trinity Methodist Church. Woman's Missionary Society, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two teaspoonfuls cream tartar, one and one-half cups sugar, then put in the yellows, one cup SAveet milk last, tAvo and one half cups flour Avith tAvo teaspoonfuls soda. Mix lightly and bake quickly.— rj\lRS. M. F. Markham. FEUIT CAKE. Eighteen eggs, one and one-half pounds flour, one and one- half pounds sugar, one and one-half pounds butter, tAvo pounds raisins, tAvo pounds currants, one and one half pounds citron, tAvo nutmegs, tAvo pounds almonds, tAvo tablespoonfuls cinnamon, tAvo tablespoonfuls mace, one small tea- spoonful cloves, one small teaspoonful salt, tAvo small teaspoonfuls ginger, tAvo wine glasses of wine, one ten spoonful soda, tAvo teaspoonfuls cream tartar in one cup sAveet milk

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