Pork Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• One pound pork chopped fine
• I pint boiling water
• i cup sugar
• 2 of molasses
• i pound raisins
• i^ pound citron
• i nutmeg
• 2 table-spoons cloves
• 3 of cinnamon
• i of soda
• i tea-spoon ginger
• 4 cups flour

Method

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Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 9 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 113. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PORK FRUIT CAKE. One pound pork chopped fine, I pint boiling water, i cup sugar, 2 of molasses, i pound rais- ins, i^ pound citron, i nutmeg, 2 table-spoons cloves, 3 of cinnamon, i of soda, i tea-spoon gin- ger, and 4 cups flour. TEA CAKE. One cup sugar, 1 1^ cups butter, i cup flour, 3 eggs beaten separately, i ^ tea-spoons baking powder. Add raisins if you like. It is almost as good as pound cake. NO. 2. One cup sugar, i tea-spoonful butter, 3 eggs. Beat well together, and then add a cup of sweet milk (you may use part water) and a quart of sifted flour, into which you have mixed a spoonful of •cream tartar and a half tea-spoonful of soda. Bake in a quick oven. It is improved by sprinkling sugar over the top, before baking. This will make 2 cakes, which are best when eaten warm. 326 DOMESTIC GUIDE. PORK CAKE. Three-quarters of a pound of salt pork chopped as fine as lard, and then pour on a pint of boiling- strong coffee, 2 cups brown sugar, i of molasses, 2 tea-spoonfuls cloves, i of cinnamon, i of nutmeg, 2 tea-spoonfuls of soda, i ^^ pounds raisins

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