Fruit Cake Recipe 3

Ingredients for Fruit Cake Recipe 3

• 1 cup sugar
• ¾ cup solid vegetable fat
• 4 eggs
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups raisins
• ½ cup diced lemon peel
• ½ cup diced orange peel
• 1-½ cups diced citron
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 2 cups flour

Instructions

1. Put the fat, the squar, and the vanilla into a bowl, and work until white and creamy.
2. Add a few grains of salt to the eggs, beat with a Dover beater until very light, and work into the creamed mixture.
3. Add the molasses, and beat a few hard strokes.
4. Then add the fruit and the nuts, and mix thoroughly.
5. Lastly fold in the flour, and bake in a slow oven from 1 hour to 1-1/2 hours, depending on the thickness of the cake.
6. When orange and lemon rind are unobtainable, use raisins or currants instead.