Rich Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pound sugar
• 1½ pounds butter
• 10 eggs
• 1½ pounds flour
• 1¼ pounds seedless raisins
• 1¼ pounds currants
• 1 pound citron
• 8 ounces almonds, blanched
• 1 tablespoon mixed ground spices
• ½ pint of brandy
• 1 lemon, juice and grated rind

Method

1. 1

   Mix the above like pound cake, then add the remaining ingredients.

2. 2

   Bake in molds lined with buttered paper for 1 to 2 hours, depending on depth.

3. 3

   This cake cannot be cut while fresh without crumbling, but becomes moister and firm with a few days' keeping.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 323. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rich Fruit Cake for the Landlady. This is an English wedding cake of equal quality with the black cake of the second birthday supper and the bride's cake of the wedding breakfast, but all three are different. I pound sugar. i}^ pounds butter. 10 eggs. i^ pounds flour. Mix the above like pound cake, then add: I ]4 pounds seedless raiiins. i]4 pounds currants. I pound citron. 8 ounces almonds, blanched. J tablespoon mixed ground spices. Half pint of brandy. I lemon, juice and grated rind.

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