Fruit Cake Without Eggs

Name: Fruit Cake Without Eggs
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: One pound of clear fat pork minced fine; over which pour one pint of boiling water; two cups of sugar; two cups of molasses; a little of all kinds of spices; use two small teaspoonfuls of saleratus; and fruit to taste

From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886

Serves 12

Presented as published in 1886. 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 The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 363. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRUIT CAKE WITHOUT EGGS. One pound of clear fat pork minced fine, over which pour one pint of boiling water; add two cups of sugar, two cups of molasses, and a little of all kinds of spices. Mix it stiff ; use two small teaspoonfuls of saleratus and fruit to taste

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