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Poor Man's Fruit Cake

Name: Poor Man's Fruit Cake
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: Seed and chop a quarter of a pound of dates; one cupful of seeded raisins; dust them with one-half cupful of flour; a level teaspoonful of baking soda; two tablespoonfuls of warm water; half a pint of very thick sour cream; one cupful of brown sugar; half a tumblerful of currant or blackberry jelly; a tablespoonful of cinnamon; a teaspoonful of allspice; two cupfuls and a half of flour

From The Rural cook book, 1907

Serves 10

This cake improves if allowed to stand a week before cutting.

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition per serving

362Calories

6 gProtein

77 gCarbs

5 gFat

Full nutrition (34 nutrients)

Calories362 kcal

Protein5.7 g

Carbohydrates77 g

Fiber2.7 g

Sugars29 g

Total Fat5 g

Saturated Fat2.6 g

Monounsaturated Fat0.9 g

Polyunsaturated Fat0 g

Omega-30 g

Cholesterol12 mg

Sodium171 mg

Potassium354 mg

Calcium71 mg

Iron3 mg

Magnesium26 mg

Phosphorus88 mg

Zinc0.5 mg

Copper0.2 mg

Manganese0.5 mg

Vitamin D0 mcg

Vitamin C1.3 mg

Vitamin A0.2 mcg

Vitamin E0 mg

Vitamin K0.8 mcg

Vitamin B60.1 mg

Vitamin B120 mcg

Thiamin (B1)0.4 mg

Riboflavin (B2)0.2 mg

Niacin (B3)3 mg

Folate63 mcg

Choline1.4 mg

Caffeine0 mg

Water30 g

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Rural cook book (1907), page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Poor Man's Fruit Cake. — Seed and chop a quarter of a pound of dates ; mix with them one cupful of seeded raisins, and dust them with one-half cupful of flour. Dissolve a level teaspoonful of baking soda in two tahlespoonfuls of warm water; add to it half a pint of very thick sour cream, stir a moment and add one cupful of brown sugar, half a tumblerful of currant or blackberry jelly, .a tablespoonful of cinnamon, a teaspoonful of allspice and two cupfuls and a half of flour

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