Southern Fruit Cake Recipe
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Ingredients for Southern Fruit Cake Recipe
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup molasses
- ½ cup sour cream
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
- 1 cup seeded raisins
- ½ cup currants
- ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon powdered cloves
- ½ teaspoon powdered allspice
Instructions
- Cream vegetable shortening and sugar thoroughly together, then add molasses, cream, flour, soda, eggs well beaten, salt, spices, and fruit.
- Mix well and turn into vegetable shorteninged and papered cake tin and bake in slow oven one and a half hours.
- Sufficient for one large cake.
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