White Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 doz. whites of eggs
• 1 lb. sugar
• ½ lb. butter
• 1 lb. Melrose flour
• 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder
• 1 grated cocoanut (mix with a little flour)
• 1 lb. chopped blanched almonds
• 1 lb. citron
• 1 lb. crystallized pineapple
• 1 lb. crystallized cherries

Method

1. 1

   Add gradually to the batter, the floured cocoanut first, then the other fruits and nuts previously floured.

2. 2

   Bake in slow oven about three hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Anson County cook book (1928) by First Baptist Church (Wadesboro, N.C.), page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

lb. butter 1 11). almonds shelled and blanched 1 lb. Melrose flour 2 small cocoanuts l\i lbs. sugar 1 nutmeg 12 eggs 1 wineglass grape juice 3 lbs. citron 1 wineglass mock brandy Mix and bake as a fruit cake. — Mrs. J. D. Horne. WHITE FRUIT CAKE 1 doz. whites of eggs 1 lb. sugar % lb. butter 1 lb. Melrose flour 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder, little more than level 1 grated cocoanut (mix with a little flour) 1 lb. chopped blanched almonds 1 lb. citron 1 lb. crystallized pineapple 1 lb. crystallized cherries

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