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Wartime Fruit Cake

From Foods that will win the war, 1918
Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Foods that will win the war (1918) by Charles Houston Goudiss, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WARTIME FRUIT CAKE 1 cup honey or corn syrup 1 teaspoon cloves 1 tablespoon fat # teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup chopped dates, figs, 2 cups flour prunes or raisins 1 teaspoon cinnamon $ teaspoon soda 2 cup milk

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