White Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• Butter, 1 pound
• Granulated sugar, 1 pound
• Eggs, 10
• Grated lemon-rind, 1
• Seeded raisins, 1 pound
• Citron, thinly sliced, 1 pound
• English walnut kernels, 14 pound
• Flour, 1 pound
• Soda, 1/2 teaspoon
• Nutmeg, 1/^ teaspoon
• Brandy, or rum, 14 cup

Method

1. 1

   Mix the same as a pound cake, beating long and hard before adding the fruit.

2. 2

   Use pastry flour and sift it twice.

3. 3

   Reserve some sliced citron to stick in the top of the batter after it is in the pan.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 81. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WHITE FRUIT CAKE Butter, 1 pound, Granulated sugar, 1 pound, Eggs, 10, Grated lemon-rind, 1, Seeded raisins, 1 pound, Citron, thinly sliced, 1 pound, English walnut kernels, 14 pound, Flour, 1 pound, Soda, 1/2 teaspoon. Nutmeg, 1/^ teaspoon, Brandy, or rum, 14 cup

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