Dark Fruit Cake Recipe 3

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Ingredients for Dark Fruit Cake Recipe 3
  • 2 cups butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 12 eggs
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking-powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 pound currants
  • 1 pound sliced citron
  • 3 pounds seeded raisins
  • 1 pound chopped figs
  • ½ cup any kind of wine
  • 2 tablespoons strained lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon each cloves and mace

Instructions
  1. 3/4 teaspoon each allspice and nutmeg.
  2. Sift together flour, salt, baking-powder, and spices.
  3. Dredge fruit thoroughly.
  4. Cream butter and sugar, add beaten yolks and lemon juice.
  5. Alternate flour and wine, add whipped whites, and beat for ten minutes.
  6. Stir in prepared fruit.
  7. Line loaf pans with 4 thicknesses paper; pour in batter.
  8. Bake in slow oven from three to five hours, covering pans with paper until two-thirds baked.

 




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