Fruit or Wedding Cake No. 1

Name: Fruit or Wedding Cake No. 1
Ingredients: 2 cups (1 lb.) sugar; 4 cups (1 lb.) flour; 2 cups (1 lb.) butter; 1 nutmeg, (grated); ½ lb. of each candied orange and lemon rind (cut fine); 1 teaspoon soda; 12 eggs; 1 tablespoon mace; 4 lbs. raisins (chopped and seeded); 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 lb. almonds (blanched and chopped); ½ cup black molasses; 1 lb. citron (cut in long and short, thin slices); 4 lbs. currants (well washed and dry)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settlement Cook Book

By Lizzie Black Kander

Published 1903

About

Ingredients

2 cups (1 lb.) sugar
2 cups (1 lb

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Have fruits and nuts prepared beforehand. Line pans with three thicknesses of paper, butter the top layer.

Cream the butter, add the sugar, then the eggs, slightly beaten, and stir well. Add molasses and spices. Mix nuts and fruits thoroughly, and sprinkle half of the flour over them. Add to cake mixture, and lastly, add the soda sifted with the remaining flour.

Bake in a slow o