Fruit Cake without Eggs

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903
Source
The cake and biscuit book
Time
Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status
success · extracted 11 days ago
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (10)
  1. Beat the butter to a cream.
  2. Add the sugar.
  3. Beat again very thoroughly.
  4. Add one pint of flour.
  5. Mix the raisins and spices with half a pint of flour.
  6. Add them to the mixture.
  7. Mix thoroughly and beat five minutes.
  8. Dissolve the soda in the sour milk.
  9. Stir it in.
  10. Bake at once in buttered tins, one hour, in a moderate oven.
Original Text
Fruit Cake without Eggs 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1¹⁄₂ pints sifted flour 1 lb. stoned and chopped raisins 1 tea-spoon grated nutmeg 1 tea-spoon powdered cinnamon 1 pint sour milk or cream 1 tea-spoon soda Beat the butter to a cream. Add the sugar. Beat again very thoroughly. Add one pint of flour. Mix the raisins and spices with half a pint of flour. Add them to the mixture. Mix thoroughly and beat five minutes. Dissolve the soda in the sour milk. Stir it in. Bake at once in buttered tins, one hour, in a moderate oven.
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