cup buttermilk,
t-spoons Royal baking pow-
der.
2 t-spoon cinnamon.
2 cups jam✪ Jam Cake.
Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Add egg yolks, then
buttermilk in which soda has been dissolved. Add spices and jam.
Then fruit, which has been dredged in little flour. A little citron,
sliced thinly, may be added. Last, add flour in which baking pow-
der has been sifted, alternately with well beaten egg whites. Bake
in layers in moderate oven or in loaf.
Mrs. E. V. Carter, Sr.
OLD VIRGINIA FRUIT CAKE.
6 eggs. 1
6 cups sifted flour. 1
3 cups sugar. 1
1 cup black molasses. 1
11/2 cups butter. 1
3 lbs. raisins. 1
1 lb. currants. 1
2 lbs. figs.
Cream butter and sugar together ; add well beaten eggs. Stir
spices into molasses and add to mixture ; then pour in buttermilk.
Cut fruit in pieces and dredge with flour. Stir in mixture; add
remaining flour. Stir in brandy. Bake very slowly for 5 or 6
hours over large pan boiling water.
Mrs. Harry L. Wills.
lb. citron.
lb. nut meats.
t-spoon each cloves and mace.
tbls. cinnamon.
wine glass brandy.
t-spoon soda dissolved in
cup buttermilk.✪ Old Virginia Fruit Cake
SUPERIOR FRUIT CAKE.
lbs. sifted flour,
lb. butter,
lb. sugar,
lbs. stoned raisins,
lbs. currants.
14 lb. blanched almonds.
1/2 lb. crystallized pineapple.
1^ lb. crystallized cherries.
1 doz. eggs.
1 tbls. allspice.
1 t-spoon cloves.
2 tbls. cinnamon.
2 nutmegs (grated).
1 cup molasses.
Add spices to molasses, steep gently twenty or thirty minutes
(not boiling hot). Beat the eggs very light; add fruit, stirring it
gradually. Also 1 t-spoon of soda, dissolved in a tbls. of water.
The fruit should be cut in pieces and well floured. If necessary,
add flour after fruit is in mixture. Butter a sheet of paper and
lay in pan. Pour in cake mixture and bake 3 or 4 hours, according
to the thickness of the loaves, in a moderately hot oven with a
steady heat. Allow cake to cool in the oven gradually. Ice when
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cold. It improves this cake to add 1 t-spoon of baking powder to
the flour.
Mrs. J. P. Snelgrove.
PRIZE BLACK CAKE.
1 cup butter. 2 t-spoons Royal baking pow-
2-2/3 cups brown sugar. der.
21/4 cups flour. 1/2 cup sherry wine or fruit
11/2 cups molasses. juice.
6 eggs. 1 t-spoon powdered cloves.
6 cups currants. 1 desert spoon powdered cin-
4 cups seeded raisins. namon.
4 cups shredded citron. 1 tbls. powdered ginger.
1 nutmeg (grated).✪ Prize Black Cake
Add spices to one-half of sugar, cream this and butter well to-
gether. Stir remainder of sugar in well beaten egg yolks. Dredge
currants and raisins (cut into halves) in the flour, stir baking
powder and wine in molasses. Mix above ingredients together (ex-
cept citron). Beat in egg whites. Put one-fourth of mixture in
large tube pan lined with greased paper. Sprinkle in layer of
citron and repeat this until batter and citron are used. Bake in
moderate oven about 4 hours. Place a large pan of boiling water
under cake to keep moist and prevent burning.
Mrs. Henry A. Manning.
CHEAP FRUIT CAKE.
1 cup dried fruit (apples or 1 cup raisins, lightly floured.
peaches). 1 t-spoon soda.
1 cup molasses. 1 cup buttermilk.
1 egg. 1 t-spoon cloves.
1 cup sugar. 1 t-spoon nutmeg.
31/2 to 4 cups flour. 1 t-spoon cinnamon.✪ Cheap Fruit Cake
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cup buttermilk, t-spoons Royal baking powder. 2 t-spoon cinnamon. 2 cups jam.
Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Add egg yolks, then buttermilk in which soda has been dissolved. Add spices and jam. Then fruit, which has been dredged in little flour. A little citron, sliced thinly, may be added. Last, add flour in which baking powder has been sifted, alternately with well beaten egg whites. Bake in layers in moderate oven or in loaf.
Mrs. E. V. Carter, Sr.
OLD VIRGINIA FRUIT CAKE.
6 eggs. 1
6 cups sifted flour. 1
3 cups sugar. 1
1 cup black molasses. 1
11/2 cups butter. 1
3 lbs. raisins. 1
1 lb. currants. 1
2 lbs. figs. Cream butter and sugar together ; add well beaten eggs. Stir
spices into molasses and add to mixture ; then pour in buttermilk. Cut fruit in pieces and dredge with flour. Stir in mixture; add remaining flour. Stir in brandy. Bake very slowly for 5 or 6 hours over large pan boiling water.
Mrs. Harry L. Wills.
lb. citron.
lb. nut meats.
t-spoon each cloves and mace.
tbls. cinnamon.
wine glass brandy.
t-spoon soda dissolved in
cup buttermilk.
SUPERIOR FRUIT CAKE.
5 lbs. sifted flour, 1 lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 3 lbs. stoned raisins, 2 lbs. currants. 14 lb. blanched almonds.
1/2 lb. crystallized pineapple.
1^ lb. crystallized cherries. 1 doz. eggs. 1 tbls. allspice.
1 t-spoon cloves.
2 tbls. cinnamon.
2 nutmegs (grated). 1 cup molasses.
Add spices to molasses, steep gently twenty or thirty minutes (not boiling hot). Beat the eggs very light; add fruit, stirring it gradually. Also 1 t-spoon of soda, dissolved in a tbls. of water. The fruit should be cut in pieces and well floured. If necessary, add flour after fruit is in mixture. Butter a sheet of paper and lay in pan. Pour in cake mixture and bake 3 or 4 hours, according to the thickness of the loaves, in a moderately hot oven with a steady heat. Allow cake to cool in the oven gradually. Ice when
cold. It improves this cake to add 1 t-spoon of baking powder to the flour.
Mrs. J. P. Snelgrove.
PRIZE BLACK CAKE.
1 cup butter. 2 t-spoons Royal baking pow-
2-2/3 cups brown sugar. der.
21/4 cups flour. 1/2 cup sherry wine or fruit
11/2 cups molasses. juice.
6 eggs. 1 t-spoon powdered cloves.
6 cups currants. 1 desert spoon powdered cin-
4 cups seeded raisins. namon.
4 cups shredded citron. 1 tbls. powdered ginger.
1 nutmeg (grated). Add spices to one-half of sugar, cream this and butter well together. Stir remainder of sugar in well beaten egg yolks. Dredge currants and raisins (cut into halves) in the flour, stir baking powder and wine in molasses. Mix above ingredients together (except citron). Beat in egg whites. Put one-fourth of mixture in large tube pan lined with greased paper. Sprinkle in layer of citron and repeat this until batter and citron are used. Bake in moderate oven about 4 hours. Place a large pan of boiling water under cake to keep moist and prevent burning.
Mrs. Henry A. Manning.
CHEAP FRUIT CAKE. 1 cup dried fruit (apples or 1 cup raisins, lightly floured.
peaches). 1 t-spoon soda.
1 cup molasses. 1 cup buttermilk.
1 egg. 1 t-spoon cloves.
1 cup sugar. 1 t-spoon nutmeg.
31/2 to 4 cups flour. 1 t-spoon cinnamon.
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