Fruit Cake - Mrs. W. F. Jones

Ingredients

• 1 pound of butter
• 1 pound of brown sugar
• 1 pound of flour
• 10 eggs
• 2 pounds of raisins stoned and chopped
• 2 pounds of currants washed carefully and dried
• 1 pound of citron sliced fine
• 1 teacup of syrup
• 1 teacup of brandy
• 2 nutmegs
• 1 small bottle of lemon extract
• 2 tablespoons of cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon of cloves
• 4 teaspoons yeast powder
• 1 tablespoon of sugar burned and dissolved in a tablespoon of water

Method

1. 1

   Stir butter and sugar to a cream then add eggs well beaten, syrup, brandy, lemon, spices, and the fruit dredged with some of the flour.

2. 2

   This will make a large and a small loaf.

3. 3

   The large loaf should bake about 3 hours in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from San Rafael cook book, 1906 (1906) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRUIT CAKE— Mrs. W. F. Jones. 1 pound of butter, 1 pound of brown sugar, 1 pound of flour, 10 eggs, "2 pounds of raisins stoned and chopped, 2 pounds of currants washed carefully and dried, 1 pound of citron sliced fine, 1 teacup of syrup, 1 "teacup of brandy, 2 nutmegs, 1 small bottle of lemon extract, 2 table- •spoons of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of cloves, 4 teaspoons yeast powder, ^nd 1 tablespoon of sugar burned and dissolved in a tablespoon o'f water

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