Fruit Cake from Nantucket
From Rare old receipts, 1906
Presented as published in 1906. 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 Rare old receipts (1906) by Jacqueline Harrison Smith, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
FRUIT CAKE FROM NANTUCKET. Contributed by Emily Borie Rhodes, Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes, Ardmore, Pa. 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. currants, 1 lb. flour, J4 lb. citron, ij^ lbs. butter, 1 lb. raisins, 4 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the milk, spices to taste
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