White Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups Purity Flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 egg whites
• 1 cup cocoanut
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ glass white wine if desired
• ¼ pound citron
• ¼ pound almonds
• 1 cup light sultana raisins

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter and sugar together, add the egg whites and mix well.

2. 2

   Fold in the flour and baking powder, then add the cocoanut and other ingredients.

3. 3

   Bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Purity flour cookbook (1917) by E. Warner, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pound citron (cut very fine). 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. 2 tablespoons molasses. 1 teaspoon soda. Combine as Fruit Cake No. l. CHRISTMAS CAKE pound butter, pounds raisins, pound mixed peel, cups Purity Flour. teaspoons mixed spices (cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and mace). 1 pound brown sugar. 3 pounds currants. i pound almonds. 1 cup molasses. 3 teaspoons baking powder. 8 eerirs. Mix as Fruit Cake No. 1. Steam 2 hours and bake 2 liours in a moderate oven. WHITE FRUIT CAKE 1 cup butter. 2 cups sugar. 3 cups Purity Flour. 1 teaspoon salt. 8 egg whites. I cup cocoanut. 3 teaspoons baking powder. * glass white wine if desired. 4 pound citron. * pound almonds. 1 cup light sultana raisins

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