Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• Sixteen eggs
• 1 pound of flour
• 1 pound of sugar
• 1 pound of citron
• 4 pounds of currants
• 2 pounds of raisins
• 1 cup of molasses
• 1 wine glass of whisky
• 1 pound of butter
• 2 teaspoons of allspice
• 1 teaspoon of cloves
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons of nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar; mix in yolks well beaten, then whites and lastly the flour.

2. 2

   Have the fruit floured with some of the same flour.

3. 3

   Add a little more flour if necessary.

4. 4

   Work thoroughly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fruit Cake. Sixteen eggs, 1 pound of flour, 1 pound of sugar, 1 pound of citron, 4 pounds of currants, 2 pounds of raisins^ 1 cup of molasses, 1 wine glass of whisky, 1 pound of butter, 2 teaspoons of allspice, 1 teaspoon of cloves, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of nutmeg

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