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Dark Fruit Cake




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




½ lb butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup molasses
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
½ tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
½ tsp cloves
2 tsp cocoa
½ lb cherries
½ lb nuts
½ lb dates
1 lb raisins
1 lb currants
½ mixed fruit
2 apples, cut fine
½ cup (strawberry/raspberry/cherry) jam
1 cup milk
2 tsp coffee mixed with ½ cup water
1 tsp vanilla, rum and lemon flavoring


Recipe



Sift dry ingredients. Mix fruits and dredge with
flour. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and molasses,
add flour to creamed mixture with milk and coffee.
Add fruit last. Blend mixture well so that all fruit
will be well covered with batter. Pour batter in
whatever size pan you wish and bake at 275 to 300
degrees for 2 ½ to 3 hours, depending on the size of
pan used.