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The prunes should be washed and soaked for 12 hours ; then drained and stoned. Both the prunes and the peaches should be cut up fine. Cream l^ pound of butter, add 1 pound of sugar, 5 beaten eggs and the spices. Add gradually 3 cupsful of sifted pastry flour, the juice and also the grated rinds of two oranges, and the chopped fruit, which should be lightly dusted with flour. Bake in a moderate oven for about 3 hours. COMPOSITION CAKE Flour, \y2 pounds. Sugar, ll^ pounds, Butter, % pound, Eggs, 4, Milk, 1 pint. Soda, 1 (large) half -teaspoon, Cream of tartar, 1 half -teaspoon, Brandy, 1 wine-glass, Sherry, 1 wine-glass. Raisins, 2 pounds. Currants, 1 pound. Citron, % pound, Grated nutmeg, % teaspoon, * Ground cinnamon, ^2 teaspoon, Ginger, % teaspoon, Cloves, a pinch. Mix, and bake slowly in a moderate oven. In lieu of the soda and cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon of baking-powder may be used. FRUIT CAKE Browned flour, 1 pound, Sugar, 1 pound, Butter, 1 pound, Seeded raisins, 2 pounds. Eggs, 12, Stemmed currants, 2 pounds, Candied orange-peel, i/4 pound, Citron, % pound, Shelled almonds, 1 pound, French brandy, 1 gill, Curasao cordial, 1 wine-glass, Maraschino, 1 wine-glass. Allspice, 1 tablespoon, Cloves, 1^ tablespoon, Mace, % teaspoon. Molasses, 1 cup, Soda. First get the fruit ready; raisins seeded and chopped, currants washed, stemmed and dried, almonds blanched and cut in thin slices, citron and orange-peel cut in long thin slices, and mix all together. Flour very lightly all that is put in, as that prevents the fruits from settling at the bottom of the pan. Cream the butter and flour, stir until very light the yolks of the eggs with the sugar. Then add the whites of the eggs which have been well whipped. Next the seasoning and after that the fruit must be added, in small quantities at a time, and finally add the molasses, to which a little soda is added just as it is put in. Bake in a deep pan for 4 hours. Be sure it does not bake too long else it will be too dry. This cake will keep a year; and is at its best when 4 weeks old. WHITE FRUIT CAKE Butter, 1 pound, Granulated sugar, 1 pound, Eggs, 10, Grated lemon-rind, 1, Seeded raisins, 1 pound, Citron, thinly sliced, 1 pound, English walnut kernels, 14 pound, Flour, 1 pound, Soda, 1/2 teaspoon. Nutmeg, 1/^ teaspoon, Brandy, or rum, 14 cup. Mix the same as a pound cake, beating long and hard before adding the fruit. It is better to use pastry flour, and sift it twice. Reserve a part of the sliced citron to stick in the top of the batter after it is in the pan. SPICE CAKE Flour, 2 cups, Granulated sugar, 1 cup, Sour milk, 1 cup, Seeded raisins, 1 cup, Soda, 1 teaspoon, Egg, 1 yolk, Butter, a piece size of an egg, Cinnamon, i^ teaspoon. Cloves, Y2 teaspoon, Nutmeg, a pinch. Allspice, a pinch. Chop the raisins and mix with the sugar and ground spices. Beat the egg yolk, and stir it into the butter. Dissolve the soda in the milk, and stir it into the egg and butter. Then add a little flour and stir this mixture into the raisins and sugar. COFFEE CAKE Flour, 2 cups, Sugar, 1 cup, Butter, ^2 cup, Molasses, % cup, Eggs, 2,