Rich Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• a pound of raisins
• a pound of English currants
• half a pound of citron
• one pound of flour
• a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Make as directed for pound cake, adding baking powder to the flour, raisins, currants, and sliced citron before folding in the whites of the eggs.

2. 2

   Bake in a slow oven for two and a half to three hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of cookery (1899) by Emma P. Ewing, page 114. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rich Fruit Cake. — Make as directed for pound cake, adding a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder to the flour, a pound of raisins, seeded and torn in pieces, a pound of English currants, and half a pound of citron

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