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Plain Fruit Cake

From The economical cook book, 1905

Serves 10

Bake all in one, or in flat tins.

Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Fruit-cake. Three-quarters of a pound of butter, one and a quarter pounds of sugar, one and three-quarter pounds of flour, five eggs, one pint of rich milk, a teaspoonful of saleratus and two pounds of seeded raisins

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