Light Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• Make same as Plain Cake, adding
• | cup finely-cut citron
• i cup currants
• i cup raisins
• I cup finely-chopped nuts
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Make same as Plain Cake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Metropolitan cook book (1918) by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 cups flour 3 egg whites 3 egg yolks 3 teaspoons baking-powder 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream the fat, add sugar gradually and continue to cream until the mixture is creamy. Add the well-beaten yolks, the milk alternately with the flour mixed and sifted with the baking-powder and salt. Beat mixture thoroughly. Fold in the stiffly beaten wJiites and vanilla. Bake in a loaf or layers. CHOCOLATE CAKE Make same as Plain Cake, adding one square melted chocolate cooked with 2 tablespoons boiling water, to the fat and sugar mixture. MARBLE CAKE Make same as Plain Cake, adding ^ square melted chocolate cooked with 1 tablespoon boiling water, to | of the batter. Arrange spoonfuls of dark and white mixtures in a well-greased pan. FIG CAKE t Make same as Plain Cake. Add | teaspoon cinnamon, I teaspoon ^ cloves, I cup finely-chopped figs to I of the batter. Bake this in 1 layer and the remaining | in 2 layers. "When done, put fig layer between the other two, a layer of frosting between each. LIGHT FRUIT CAKE Make same as Plain Cake, adding | cup finely-cut citron, \ cup currants, i cup raisins and I cup finely-chopped nuts. NUT CAKE Make same as Plain Cake, adding 1 cup nut meats and 2 tablespoons less shortening. CHOCOLATE CAKE ^ cup fat i cup milk 2 squares chocolate 1 cup sugar H cups flour f teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 2i teaspoons baking-powder CAKES 57 Cream the fat; add sugar gradually, eggs well beaten and milk. Add flour mixed and sifted with baking-powder. Beat thoroughly, then add chocolate and vanilla. Bake in layers. Frost with White Mountain Cream frosting to which 3 tablespoons of grated chocolate have been added. One cup molasses may be substituted for the sugar, using only 3 tablespoons milk, adding $ teaspoon soda and substituting rye flour for the white. APPLE SAUCE CAKE 1 cup sugar apple sauce mixed I cup currants dredged with 3 teaspoons cinnamon with 2 teaspoons 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon cloves soda 2| cups flour Ij cups unsweetened f cup raisins ^ cup melted butter Measure ingredients in order given in a bowl. Beat vigorously. Bake in a well-greased loaf tin. QUICK CAKE i cup soft fat (scant) 1 1 cups bread flour ] 1^ cups brown sugar 3 teaspoons baking-powder I w. „_ . .,, 2 eggs h teaspoon cinnamon f ^^ ^"^ ®"' h cup milk I teaspoon nutmeg J 5 pound dates or I cup raisins Put ingredients in bowl in order given, and do not stir until all have been added. Beat for 3 minutes. Bake in a buttered or greased pan from 35 to 45 minutes. May be baked in muffin tins. One-quarter cup cocoa may be added. SOUR CREAM CAKE H cups sour cream 3 eggs

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