Fruit Cake

Name: Fruit Cake
Ingredients: 1 lb. butter; 1 doz. eggs; 3 1/2 c. sugar; 5 c. flour; 1 heaping tsp. baking powder; 1 oz. cinnamon; 1/2 oz. cloves; 1/2 oz. mace; 1/2 oz. nutmeg; 1/2 oz. lemon extract; 1 lb. each raisins, figs, dates, citron, pecans, almonds and walnuts; 1 pt. brandy or sweet pickle juice is a good substitute

12 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
1 doz. eggs
3 1/2 c. sugar
5 c. flour
1 heaping tsp. baking powder
1 oz. cinnamon
1/2 oz. cloves
1/2 oz. mace
1/2 oz. nutmeg
1/2 oz. lemon extract
1 lb. each raisins, figs, dates, citron, pecans, almonds and walnuts
1 pt. brandy or sweet pickle juice is a good substitute

Directions

1

Cream the sugar and butter, then add eggs, one at a time, breaking the whole egg into the batter and beating hard.
2

Add alternately 3 cups flour, then take the remaining 2 cups flour and add spices to it and sift 2 or 3 times.
3

Dredge fruit with this, adding that last to your cake. This makes 2 large cakes.