Fruit Cake from Dough

Ingredients

• Two cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 pint dough
• 2 eggs
• 1 tea-spoonful soda
• as much fruit as you wish
• spices to suit the taste
• use flour enough to make it as stiff as common fruit cake

Method

1. 1

   Set in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.

2. 2

   Bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 108. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i tea-spoonful soda dis- 312 DOMESTIC GUIDE. solved in a little boiling water and stirred into it just before adding to the cake I tea-spoonful each of nutmeg and cinnamon, and i pound of sifted flour, I table-spoonful rose water, half a pound of citron cut and dredged with flour, and lastly the whites of the eggs, which must be beaten very- stiff before being added. Then beat all thorough- ly together and bake in square shallow pans. WHITE AND YELLOW MOUNTAIN CAKE. Two cups sugar ^ cup butter, whites of 7 eggs well beaten, ^ cup sweet milk, 2 cups flour, I cup corn-starch, 2 tea-spoons baking powder. Bake in jelly-cake tins. Frosting : Whites 01 3 eggs and some sugar, beaten together, not quite as stiff as for frosting, spread over the cakes together. Put cocoanut or frosting for the top. Yellow mountain : Yolks of 10 eggs, i cup of butter, 2 of sugar, i of milk, 3 of flour, i tea-spoon soda, 2 of cream of tartar. JELLY CAKE. One cup milk, half cup chocolate, half cup sugar, yolk i egg, tea-spoonful corn-starch. Mix well together, and boil until quite thick. When cold put between the layers, as for jelly-cake, with the addition of a little butter. Water can be used instead of milk. Also by taking half of the cake, and putting chocolate in to make it a dark brown, this will alternate layers of the remaining whites. COOKING DIVISION. 313 Makes a very nice cake. Frosting can be made brown by adding chocolate after sugar has been mixed with the eggs. FRUIT CAKE FROM DOUGH. Two cups sugar, i cup butter, i pint dough, 2 eggs, I tea-spoonful soda, as much fruit as you wish, spices to suit the taste, use flour enough to make it as stiff as common fruit cake

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