Splendid Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• one pound of butter
• one and one-fourth pounds of white sifted sugar
• twelve eggs
• a pound of sifted flour
• two pounds of currants
• two pounds of large raisins
• one pound of citron
• a quarter of a pound of sifted flour
• a grated nutmeg
• a glass of wine
• the same of brandy

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add yolks and whites of eggs alternately, then stir in flour.

2. 2

   Prepare fruit by washing and drying, dredge with flour, and mix into batter with nutmeg, wine, and brandy.

3. 3

   Bake in a large cake mold for four hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 58. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPLENDID FRUIT CAKE. One pound of butter washed and creamed, one and one- fourth pounds of white sifted sugar, creamed with the butter; add the yolks, beaten lightly, altemately, with the whites beaten to a stiff froth, of twelve eggs ; stir in carefuUy a pound of sifted flour. The day before, wash and dry two pounds of currants, pick and seed two pounds of large raisins, and slice one pound of citron.. Pour ail this fruit into a large pan, and dredge it well with a quarter of a pound of sifted flour; stir ail well into the butter, add a grated nutmeg, a glass of wine, and the same of brandy

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.