3 Pound Fruit Cake

Directions

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   Cream shortening,
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   sugar and eggs; mix well.
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   Add flour (sifted),
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   nutmeg and cinnamon alternately with juice, beating well after each addition. Dredging fruit and nuts in the 1/2 cup flour,
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   fold
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   in
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   fruit,
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   nuts
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   and
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    molasses.
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    Pour
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    into 10-inch tube
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    pan
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    that has been greased and floured.
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    Bake in 275° oven 2 to
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    3
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    hours with pan of water on bottom rack for moisture.