Mrs. H. M. D.'s Reliable Fruit Cake. Good

Ingredients

• 2 cups dry brown sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 teaspoons baking-powder
• 4 cups flour
• 2 pounds raisins
• 1 teaspoon mace
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon rosewater
• 8 eggs

Method

1. 1

   When all is mixed, put one-fourth of the quantity in a baking pan, then a layer of thin sliced citron dredged with flour, then another layer of batter, then of citron, and so on until all is in.

2. 2

   Finish with a layer of the cake batter, and bake for forty-five minutes or more.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ... (1895) by William Hart Boyd, page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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