Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• One pound brown sugar
• one pound flour
• one pound orange peel
• one half pound citron
• two boxes raisins
• two boxes currants
• ten eggs
• three-fourths pound butter
• one tablespoon cinnamon
• one tablespoon nutmeg
• one pound pecans
• one pint peach preserves if possible

Method

1. 1

   Cut orange peel and citron in small slices, mix fruit and flour.

2. 2

   Cream sugar, butter, and eggs.

3. 3

   Add flour and spices, mix in remaining ingredients and add whiskey to taste.

4. 4

   Bake in a slow oven until thoroughly cooked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Natchez recipes (1900), page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRUIT CAKE One pound brown sugar, one pound flour, one pound orange peel, one half pound citron, two boxes raisins, two boxes currants, ten eggs, three-fourths pound butter, one tablespoon cinnamon, one tablespoon nutmeg, one pound pecans. One pint peach preserves if possible

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