Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of flour
• one of sugar
• one of eggs
• one of butter
• two of seedless raisins
• two of picked currants
• four ounces of blanched almonds sliced fine
• four ounces of citron sliced fine

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the sugar, eggs, flour, etc., exactly as for pound cake.

2. 2

   Cut the plums in two or three pieces, and roll them, the currants, and the citron in flour before putting in the cake.

3. 3

   Bake in a well-rubbed pan with lard until cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Jane Hamilton's recipes (1909) by Charlotte Mason Poindexter, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRUIT CAKE. One pound of flour, one of sugar, one of eggs, one of butter, two of seedless raisins, two of picked currants, four ounces of blanched almonds sliced fine, and four ounces of citron sliced fine

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