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One Year Fruit Cake

Name: One Year Fruit Cake
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: Make cake of two cups butter; 2 cups molasses; 1 cup sweet milk; 2 eggs, well beaten; 1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in a little hot water; 1 teaspoon of ground mace or nutmeg; 1 teaspoon allspice; 1 tablespoon cinnamon; 1 gill of brandy; 2 Ibs. raisins, stoned and cut in two; 2 lbs. currants, picked and washed and dried; 1% lb. citron, cut in slips

From Magnet users cook book, 1920

Serves 10

Recipe by Mrs. Geo. Jacobus, Kearney, Ontario.

Presented as published in 1920. 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 Magnet users cook book (1920) by Petrie Manufacturing Co, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ONE YEAR FRUIT CAKE. Make cake of two cups butter, 2 cups molasses, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 eggs, well beaten, 1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in a little hot water, 1 teaspoon of ground mace or nutmeg, 1 tea- spoon allspice, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1 gill of brandy. Stir in flour to make a stiff batter as stiff as may be stirred easily with a spoon, beat it well until it is light, then add 2 Ibs. raisins, stoned and cut in two, 2 lbs. currants, picked and washed and dried, and 1% lb. citron, cut in slips

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