Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pound butter
• 1 pound brown sugar
• 1 pound flour
• 9 eggs
• 2 pounds raisins
• 1 pound figs
• 1 pound dates
• 1 pound citron
• 14 pound candied cherries
• 1 pound Brazil nuts
• 4 pound orange peel
• ‘“. 14 pound lemon peel
• 1 tabelspoonful cinnamon
• 14 pound black walnuts
• 1 teaspoonful mace
• 1 teaspoonful cloves
• 4 nutmeg
• ‘“. 14 pound molasses

Method

1. 1

   Cream together sugar and half the butter, add yolks of eggs, then flour, alternating with beaten whites.

2. 2

   Mix remaining butter with chopped fruit and nuts, add to batter, blend, and pour into baking tins.

3. 3

   Steam for three hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Central cook book (1924) by N.C.). Circle Number Three Central Methodist Church (Raleigh, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fruit Cake 1 pound butter. 1 pound brown sugar. 1 pound flour. 9 eggs. 2 pounds raisins. 1 pound figs. 1 pound dates. 1 pound citron. 14 pound candied cherries. 1 pound Brazil nuts. 4 pound orange peel. ‘“. 14 pound lemon peel. 1 tabelspoonful cinnamon. \ 14 pound black walnuts. 1 teaspoonful mace. 1 teaspoonful cloves. 4 nutmeg

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