White F Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. butter
• 1 lb. sugar
• 1 doz. eggs (beaten separately)
• 1 lb. flour
• 2 lbs. citron
• 2 cocoanuts (grated)
• 1 lb. blanched almonds (chopped)
• 1 box Sultana raisins
• 1 small box candied red cherries
• 1 lb. candied pineapple
• V2 lb. candied orange peel
• V2 lb. lemon peel
• */i lb. candied ginger
• 1 small nutmeg (grated)
• 1 teaspoon mace (ground)
• 1 tumbler brandy
• V2 tumbler sherry wine

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, then beaten egg yolks and flour gradually.

2. 2

   Add liquids and finally the fruit, which has been well floured and mixed.

3. 3

   Fold in beaten egg whites.

4. 4

   Bake in a slow oven for at least four hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Chapel Hill cook book (1935) by Presbyterian Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 lb. sugar 1 lb. butter 2 cups flour Cream butter, add sugar, and cream till light. Add beaten egg yolks and flour. Fold in stiffly beaten whites and bake in slow oven. Mrs. M. B. Utley. PRUNE CAKE 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup cooked prunes 1 egg % teaspoon cinnamon 1 large tablespoon butter *4 teaspoon cloves % cup sour milk IV2 teaspoons soda IV2 cups sifted flour Mix in usual order, butter, sugar, egg, milk, prunes, spices, soda. 68 The Chapel Hill Cook Book Filling V2 cup sugar 1/3 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon flour Cook for a few minutes. % cup chopped raisins Butter, size of an egg Mrs. J. F. Kenfield. RUM CAKE 1 cup butter % cup buttermilk 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon soda 2 eggs 2 cups cake flour 1 cup seedless raisins Rind of 1 orange Cream butter and sugar. Add well beaten eggs and mixed dry in- gredients. Put raisins and orange rind through a fine grinder, then mix with little flour and add. Bake in moderate oven. Rum Sauce Boil 1 cup sugar and V2 cup water 15 minutes. Let cool and add % cup rum, pinch salt. Pour over cake while cake is still warm. Then ice cake with any good icing. Mrs. J. C. Lyons. SPICE CAKE 1/3 cup butter teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup sour milk Vs teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 cups flour V2 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon soda Cream butter and sugar. Add rest of ingredients and beat two minutes. Bake in shallow pan for 30 minutes in slow oven. Ice with creamy frosting. Mrs. J. S. Henninger. TUTTI FRUTTI CAKE Cream 1 cup each of sugar and butter; add cup of milk. 2V2 cups of flour and 2 heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder. 1 lb. raisins 1 lb. English walnuts 1 lb. figs V± lb. citron 1 lb. dates Whites of 7 eggs Mix and bake in slow oven. Mix and bake in slow oven. Miss Alice Noble. WHITE F 1 lb. butter 1 lb. sugar 1 doz. eggs (beaten separately) 1 lb. flour 2 lbs. citron 2 cocoanuts (grated) 1 lb. blanched almonds (chopped) 1 box Sultana raisins Cream butter thoroughly, add CAKE 1 small box candied red cherries 1 lb. candied pineapple Y2 lb. candied orange peel V2 lb. lemon peel */i lb. candied ginger 1 small nutmeg (grated) 1 teaspoon mace (ground) 1 tumbler brandy V2 tumbler sherry wine

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