Light Fruit Cake - 3
Source of Recipe
THE MAMA'S COOK BOOK - Mrs. S. E. Jones, Jr.
Recipe Introduction
This will make a cake for a large cake pan, with tube in center.
List of Ingredients
2 blocks of butter
2 1/4 cups sugar
4 eggs
1/2 cup sweet milk
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1 heaping teaspoon calumet baking powder
4 full cups of plain flour
4 slices of candied pineapple
1 cup coconut
1 heaping teaspoon all spice
1 heaping teaspoon cloves
1/2 heaping teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 heaping teaspoon cinnamon
1 package of seeded raisins
1 package of dates
1 package of figs
3/4 lb. candied cherries
4 cups of pecans
1 cup Brazil nutsRecipe
Cream the sugar and butter well. Add the four eggs, one at a time and cream well each time. Add milk and pineapple juice to cake alternately with the flour, which has had the baking powder sifted into it. Then add the spices, all spice, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon. Any of these which you don't like may be left out. Cut dates into small pieces, also the figs, cherries, pineapple, and nuts. Dredge all fruits and nuts in flour real good. Coconut is to be used, if desired. It makes cake better. Now work fruit into batter (can be done best with hands). Cook at 200 degrees for about three hours and then at 300 degrees for an hour. Test to be sure of doneness.
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