Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of flour
• one of sugar
• three-quarters of a pound of butter
• two pounds of seeded raisins
• two of currants
• one of citron
• a quarter of a pound of almonds
• half an ounce of mace
• a teaspoonful of rose-water
• a wineglass of brandy
• one of wine
• ten eggs

Method

1. 1

   Stir the sugar and butter to a cream, then add the whites and yolks of the eggs beaten separately to a froth; stir in the flour gradually, then the wine, brandy and spice.

2. 2

   Add the fruit just before it is put into the pans.

3. 3

   It takes over two hours to bake if the loaves are thick; if thin, it will bake in less time.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 347. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fruit Cake. — One pound of flour, one of sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter, two pounds of seeded raisins, two of currants, one of citron, a quarter of a pound of almonds, half an ounce of mace, a teaspoonful of rose-water, a wineglass of brandy, one of wine, and ten eggs

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