Plain Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 6 oz. butter
• 6 oz. self-raising flour
• 6 oz. sugar
• 6 oz. sultanas
• 3 eggs
• 6 oz. currants
• 6 oz. plain flour
• a little milk

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time, and beat in well; add milk with a few drops of essence of vanilla or almond.

2. 2

   Mix fruit through the sifted flour, and then add gradually to the butter mixture.

3. 3

   Put in a greased tin, lined with paper, and bake in a moderate oven (375 deg.) for 14 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Australian sunshine cookery book for every housewife (1920) by Dried Fruits Industry Throughout Australia. Joint Publicity Committee, Australian Dried Fruits Association, Western Australian Dried Fruits Board, Victorian Dried Fruits Board, New South Wales Dried Fruits Board, South Australian Dried Fruits Board, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Fruit Cake. 6 oz. butter. 6 oz. self-raising flour. 6 oz. sugar. 6 oz. sultanas. 3 eggs and a little milk. 6 oz. currants. 6 oz. plain flour

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