Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 4% oz. raisins
• 2 tsp. preserved fruit juice
• 1+ oz. currants
• 4 oz. citron peel
• * oz. dates
• + oz. lemon peel
• dredge with 3 tbsp. of the flour
• remaining flour
• Cream the butter
• add sugar
• yolk of egg well beaten
• white of egg beaten stiff
• lemon juice
• lemon rind
• Add liquid

Method

1. 1

   Line the pan with three thicknesses of paper; butter the top layer only.

2. 2

   Seed the raisins and tear in quarters; wash and dry the currants; stone the dates and cut them and the figs in small pieces.

3. 3

   Blanch and chop the almonds; cut citron and lemon peel in thin slices and then in small pieces.

4. 4

   Mix the fruit (except peel) and dredge with flour.

5. 5

   Dredge citron and lemon peel with flour.

6. 6

   Mix and sift remaining flour with the spices.

7. 7

   Cream the butter, add sugar, yolk of egg well beaten, then white of egg beaten stiff, lemon juice and rind; beat thoroughly.

8. 8

   Add liquid and sifted flour alternately, beat well, then add fruit and nuts.

9. 9

   Put a layer of the mixture into the pan, then a layer of the peel, repeat until pan is two-thirds full; have cake mixture for top layer.

10. 10

    Bake in slow oven 2 to 3 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lillian Massey school recipes (1913) by Lillian Massey School Household Science, page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

4% oz. raisins. 2 tsp. preserved fruit juice. 1+ oz. currants. 4 oz. citron peel. * oz. dates. + oz. lemon peel. Line the pan with three thicknesses of paper; butter the top layer only. Seed the raisins and tear in quarters; wash and dry the currants; stone the dates and cut them and the figs in small pieces. Blanch and chop the almonds; cut citron and lemon peel in thin slices and then in small pieces. Mix the fruit (except peel) and dredge with 3 tbsp. of the flour. Dredge 112 citron and lemon peel with flour. Mix and sift remaining flour with the spices. Cream the butter, add sugar, yolk of egg well beaten, then white of egg beaten stiff, lemon juice and rind; beat thoroughly. Add liquid

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