Fruit Cake Without Eggs

Ingredients

• One cup of brown sugar
• i of sour milk
• i of raisins
• 2 of flour
• 4 table-spoonfuls of melted butter
• I tea-spoonful of cinnamon
• I tea-spoonful of cloves
• I tea-spoonful of nutmeg
• I tea-spoonful of soda

Method

No method was recorded for this recipe.

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.

FRUIT CAKE WITHOUT EGGS. One cup of brown sugar, i of sour milk, i of raisins, 2 of flour, 4 table-spoonfuls of melted but- 314 DOMESTIC GUIDE. ter, I tea-spoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, nut- meg and soda. MOLASSES FRUIT CAKE. One cup molasses, one and three-fourths cups light brown sugar, I cup cold water, i cup butter. Boil the molasses, sugar and butter together, and set aside to cool, flour as thick as a pound cake, then add 3 eggs well beaten, then i pound of rais- ins, I of currants and one half of citron, with two table-spoonfuls of flour, mixed through the fruit. Bake nearly 2 hours. FRUIT CAKE. Put I tea-spoonful of soda in a coffee cup, add 5 tea-spoonfuls of hot water, 4 of melted butter and fill with molasses, make it pretty stiff with flour, then stir in this all it will hold of chopped raisins, Zante currants, citron, and i tea-spoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg, and a pinch of cloves Bake from 3 to 4 hours in a very slow oven. (Put buttered paper in the bottom of the pan.) The longer this cake is kept the better it is. NO. 2. One pound each of sugar, butter and flour, 2 pounds of raisins and currants, i pound of citron, 9 eggs, one-half pint of brandy, one-half ounce each of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and mace. Beat the eggs separately, stir the whites and the flour in last. NO. 3. Eight eggs beaten separately, i pound butter, 2 COOKING DIVISION. 315 pounds sugar, 2 pounds raisins, one and one-half pounds of figs, I pound Zante currants, one-half pound citron, i pint brandy, one and three-fourths pounds of flour, 2 tea-spoonfuls soda, nutmeg and cinnamon each one and one-half tea-spoonfuls. FARMERS FRUIT CAKE. Soak 3 cups dried apples over night, chop slightly in the morning, then simmer 2 hours in 2 cups of molasses, add 2 eggs, I cup of sugar, i cup sweet milk, three-fourths cup of butter, 2 tea- spoonfuls soda, flour to make a stiff batter, spice to suit the taste. Bake in a moderate oven. BLACK CAKE. One pint molasses, i pint brown sugar, i pint of butter, I pint sour milk, 3 eggs, 2 tea-spoonfuls of soda, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and raisins. Make it very stiff and bake in a slovr oven. This will make 2 large cakes. NO. 2. One pound browned flour, i pound brown sugar, I pound citron, 2 pounds currants, 3 pounds stoned raisins, three-fourths pound butter, i tea- cupful of molasses, 2 tea-spoonfuls of mace, 2 tea- spoonfuls cinnamon, i tea-spoonful cloves,

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