Steamed Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• i cup butter (full)
• 6 cups raisins
• 2 cups brown sugar (heaped)
• 2 cups citron
• 1 nutmeg, grated
• 1 teacup milk
• 1 tablespoon each cinnamon
• t cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 4 cups flour

Method

1. 1

   Put in a pan and steam 3 hours; then place in the oven 1 hour, to dry.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 285. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEAMED FKUIT CAKE. i cup butter (full). 6 cups raisins. 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups citron, (heaped). 1 nutmeg, grated. 1 teacup milk. i tablespoon each cinna- t cup molasses. mon and cloves. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon soda. 4 cups flour. Put in a pan and steam 3 hours; then place in the oven 1 hour, to dry. WHITE FKUIT CAKE. 1 cup butter. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 2 cups white sugar. 1 lb. almonds, blanched and 1 cup sweet milk. cut fine. 5 whites of eggs. 1 lb. citron cut in thin slices. 3i cups flour. 1 grated cocoanut. GEORGIA CAKE. 1 cup butter. 3 cups flour. 2 cups sugar. h cup corn=starch. 1 cup sweet milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 4 eggs. 1 teaspoon any flavoring. GOLD CAKE. h cup butter (scant). 2 cups flour. 1 cup sugar. 2 teaspoons baking powder. J cup sweet milk. 1 teaspoon lemon extract. 4 yolks of eggs. 380 LOAF CAKES GRAHAM CAKE. i cup butter. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 cup sugar. i cup raisins (seeded). 1 cup sour milk. i nutmeg, grated. 3h cups graham flour. GROOM'S CAKE. 2 cups butter (heaped). 2 cups raisins (seeded). 2 cups white sugar (heap- 2 lbs. almonds, blanched ed). and chopped. 10 eggs. h lb. citron, shaved fine. 4 cups flour. Stir the almonds into the cake; flour the raisins and citron and put a layer in the cake pan, then put in a layer of cake, then fruit again, and so on alternately, finishing with cake. Bake 2 hours in a moderate oven. HASTY CAKE. 1 tablespoon butter. 1 egg. 1 cup powdered sugar. 2 cups flour. i cup milk. 3 small teaspoons baking powder. Bake immediately in a quick oven; it may be baked in patty tins or in a loaf. Nice while fresh. HICKORY NUT CAKE. i cup butter. li cups flour. 1 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon baking powder. h cup sweet milk. 1 cup hickory nut meats 2 eggs. (chopped). Add the nickory nut meats last. Frost it when baked, mark in squares, and put a nut meat in each square. ICE CREAM CAKE. 1 cup butter. 2 cups sifted flour. 2 Clips sugar. 1 cup corn= starch. 1 cup milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder 8 whites of eggs. LOAF CAKES 381 IMPEKIAL CAKE. 1 cup butter (heaped). 2 cups flour (level). 1 cup sugar (heaped). i teaspoon soda. 2 teaspoons lemon juice. 1 cup raisins. i the grated rind of 1 lem- i cup walnuts (chopped), on. 5 eggs, beaten separately. Bake in a moderate oven li hours. Flour the fruit with a scant tablespoon of flour extra. LEMON CAKE. i cup butter. 2 to 2h cups flour. li cups sugar. 1 lemon, (juice and grated i cup sweet milk. rind). 3 eggs. i teaspoon soda. MAEBLE CAKE. LIGHT PAET. i cup butter. 4 whites of eggs. Ih cups white sugar. 2 cups flour. i cup sour milk. A teaspoon soda. i teaspoon lemon extract. DAEK PAET. i cup butter. 2 cups flour. 1 cup brown sugar. 1 teaspoon soda, i cup sour milk. i teaspoon allspice. i cup molasses. 1 teaspoon nutmeg. 5 yolks of eggs. 1 teaspoon each of cinna- mon and cloves. Put alternate spoonfuls of each part into a butter- ed cake tin and bake slowlj^ CHOCOLATE MAEBLE CAKE. 1 cup butter. 1 cup corn=starch. 2 cups sugar. 2 teaspoons cream tartar. 1 cup sweet milk. 1 teaspoon soda. 4 eggs. 1 teaspoon vanilla. 2 cups flour. After mixing all, take out 1 cupful of the batter and stir into it a heaping tablespoon of grated choco- late; drop this in the greased pan alternately with the other part. 382 LOAF CAKES MOLASSES CAKE ( Without Eggs). 1 cup butter, lard or drip- 5 cups flour. ping. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup Zante currants. 1 cup hot water. 1 teaspoon each of cinna- 1 cup molasses. mon, cloves and allspice. Put in 2 bread=pans, with buttered paper, and bake an hour in a slow oven. ONE EGG CAKE. 1 cup butter. 3 cups flour. H cups sugar. H teaspoons baking powder. 1 cup sweet milk. 1 cup chopped raisins. 1 egg. MOUNTAIN CAKE. i cup butter. 2 large cups flour. Ih cups sugar. 2 teaspoons baking powder. h cup milk. 1 teaspoon of any flavoring. 3 eggs. Fruit if desired. Add a little more flour if any fruit is added. OKANGE CAKE. i cup butter. 4 whites of eggs. 2 cups sugar. 2 cups flour. i cup water. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 5 yolks of eggs. 1 orange, (juice and grated rind). PLUM CAKE. 1 large cup butter. i lb. dates. 2 cups sugar (heaped). i teaspoon each mace and 12 eggs, beaten separately. cloves. 4 cups sifted flour. 1 teaspoon each cinnamon

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