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FRUIT CAKE.
One pound brown sugar, one of butter, one of eggs, one of flour, two of raisins,
two of currants, half pound citron, a nutmeg, table-spoon cloves, one of
allspice, half pint brandy, and two tea-spoons baking-powder. After baking,
while yet warm, pour over cake a half pint wine. This makes the cake
delicious.--Miss Angie Skinner, Somerset.
EXCELLENT FRUIT CAKE.
One and a half pounds raisins, one and a fourth pounds currants, three-fourths
pound citron, pound butter, pound sugar, one and a fourth pounds flour, ten
eggs, two table-spoons lemon, two tea-spoons yeast powder, and a fourth pound
flour mixed in the fruit.--Mrs. J. W. Grubbs, Richmond, Ind.
SCOTCH FRUIT CAKE.
A cup butter, two of white sugar, four of sifted flour, three-fourths cup sour
milk, half tea-spoon soda, nine eggs beaten separately, one pound raisins, half
pound currants, a fourth pound citron; cream the butter and sugar, add milk
gradually, then beaten yolks of eggs, and lastly, while stirring in flour, the
whites well whipped. Flavor with one tea-spoon lemon and one of vanilla extract,
and have raisins chopped a little, or, better still, seeded, and citron sliced
thin. Wash and dry currants before using, and flour all fruit slightly. In
putting cake in pan, place first a thin layer of cake, then sprinkle in some of
the three kinds of fruit, then a layer of cake and so on, always finishing off
with a thin layer of cake. Bake in a moderate oven for two hours.--Mrs. J. H.
Shearer.
THANKSGIVING FRUIT CAKE.
Six pounds flour, three of butter, three and a half of sugar, an ounce mace, two
glasses wine, two glasses brandy, four pounds raisins, half pound citron, six
eggs, one pint yeast, small tea-spoon soda put in at last moment. After tea,
take all the flour, (except one plate for dredging raisins), a small piece
butter, and a quart or more of milk, and mix like biscuit; then mix butter and
sugar, and at nine o'clock in the evening, if sufficiently light, put one-third
of butter and sugar into dough; at twelve add another third, and very early in
the morning the remainder; about eleven o'clock, if
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