Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• Three eggs
• cup sugar
• one cup molasses
• half cup butter
• one cup currants
• one cup raisins
• one cup sour milk
• one teaspoon baking soda
• mixed spice
• salt
• and flour to thicken

Method

No method was recorded for this recipe.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 55. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fruit Cake One cup butter, one and a quarter cup sugar, one pound raisins, one and a half pounds currants, one cup molasses, half a cup sour milk, one teaspoon baking soda, one teaspoon each of cloves, mace, carraway seed, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. White Cake One cup sugar, half a cup butter, half a cup sweet milk, whites of five eggs or two whole eggs, two cups flour, two table- spoons baking powder, flavoring. Cakes, Frostings and Icings 123 Brown George Cake Two eggs, one cup sugar, half a cup cream, one teaspoon baking soda, one cup molasses, two and a half cups flour, cin- namon, cloves, salt. Spanish Bun One egg and the yolks of three eggs, three-quarters cup butter, two cups sugar, one cup sweet milk, two cups flour, two teaspoons cinnamon, three teaspoons baking powder. Bake long time. Spanish Bun Three-quarters cup melted butter, two cups brown sugar, four eggs, one cup milk, two cups flour, one dessertspoon nutmeg, one dessertspoon allspice, two dessertspoons cinnamon, one teaspoon baking soda, two of cream tartar; bake in three layers; put together with a fig filling. Eggless Cake One cup sugar, half cup butter, two cups flour, one cup sour milk, one cup raisins, one cup currants, one teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon, half a nutmeg. White Loaf Cake Whites of six eggs, two cups sugar, one cup sweet milk, three and a half cups flour, three-quarters cup butter, two teaspoons baking powder, pineapple or any other flavoring. Devil's Food Two cups light brown sugar, half cup of butter, half a cup sour milk with level teaspoon of soda dissolved in it, two eggs, two-thirds cup grated chocolate dissolved in half a cup cold water, one teaspoon vanilla, two and a half cups flour. Filling. — One cup sugar, one cup sweet milk; flavor with vanilla. Dark Cake One cup brown sugar, half cup butter, two eggs, one table- spoon molasses half a cup sour milk, one and a half cups flour, fcalf a teaspoon baking soda, one teaspoon cloves, one and a half teaspoons cinnamon. Filling. — One egg, one and a half cups sugar, one lemon. 124 The Toronto Cook Book Yellow Cake One cup white sugar, half a cup milk, half a cup butter, two teaspoons baking powder, two cups flour, two eggs and one teaspoon vanilla. Frosting. — One large cup sugar, three-quarters cup boiling water, two tablespoons chocolate, one teaspoon butter, one teaspoon vanilla; stir chocolate in a little cold water before adding to hot water. Orange Cake One quarter cup butter, one cup sugar, two eggs, half cup milk, one and two-thirds cups flour, one and a half teaspoons baking powder; cream the butter, add sugar gradually, also the eggs, well-beaten, and milk; then add flour, mixed and sifted with the baking powder; bake in a thin sheet, cut in halves, spread one-half with orange filling, and put over the other cover with orange frosting. Chocolate Cake One-half cup butter, one and a half cups sugar, half cup milk, two and a quarter cups flour, quarter teaspoon baking soda, three-quarters teaspoon cream of tartar, whites of five eggs, two squares of chocolate. One Egg Cake One-quarter cup butter, half cup sugar, one egg, half cup milk, one and a half cups flour, two and a half teaspoons baking powder; cream the butter, add sugar gradually and the eggs well beaten; sift flour and baking powder together, add alternately with first mixture; bake thirty minutes in shallow pan; spread with chocolate frosting. Lilly's Plain Layer Cake Three-quarters cup suga /, one tablespoon butter, one egg, three-quarters cup milk, two cups more or less of flour, three teaspoons baking powder; add flavoring and filling. Nut Cake Half a cup butter, one and a half scant cups sugar we]i creamed together, two eggs, three-quarters cup milk, two good cups flour, half cup chopped walnuts. Cakes, Frostings and Icings 125 Chocolate Cake Half cup butter, one and a half cups sugar, two eggs, half cup milk, two large tablespoons grated chocolate, two small cups flour, one tablespoon of molasses, half teaspoonful soda. Excellent. Coffee Cake Three eggs, two cups sugar, one cup butter, one cup coffee (steeped), half cup molasses, one teaspoon baking soda; grate some nutmeg with spices, three small cups flour, one small teaspoon each of cinnamon, allspice, and cloves, one cup of raisins. Excellent. Sponge Cake Four eggs, one cup sugar, one cup flour, one teaspoon baking powder, six teaspoons hot water, one teaspoon vanilla; beat sugar and yolks together; sift baking powder in flour, then mix with water, flavor with vanilla; beat whites of eggs separately and put in last. Bake twenty minutes. ^ /*/ Sponge Cake Three eggs, half cup butter, one cup sugar, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon milk; beat sugar and butter together, beat eggs and then beat sugar, butter and eggs together; flavor with vanilla; sift baking powder in the flour and then sift in to mixture. Bake twenty minutes. Fruit Cake Three eggs, cup sugar, one cup molasses, half cup butter, one cup currants one cup raisins, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon baking soda, mixed spice, salt, and flour to thicken

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