Fruit Cake

Name: Fruit Cake
Ingredients: 1 lb. butter; 12 eggs; 1 lb. brown sugar; 1 lb. almonds; 1 lb. flour; 3 lb. raisins; 3 lb. currants; 1 lb. mixed fruit peel; 2 tsp. nutmeg; 2 tsp. cloves; 2 tsp. cinnamon; 3 tbsp. vanilla; juice of 2 lemons

From A laboratory manual of foods and cookery, 1916

This cake is rich and festive.

Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from A laboratory manual of foods and cookery (1916) by Emma B. Matteson, page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fruit Cake Ingredients : i Ib. butter 12 eggs i Ib. brown sugar \ Ib. almonds i Ib. flour 2 tsp. nutmeg 3 Ib. raisins 2 tsp. cloves 3 Ib. currants 2 tsp. cinnamon i Ib. mixed fruit peel 3 tbsp. vanilla juice of 2 lemons

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