Name: White Fruit Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup of butter; 2 cups of sugar; 1 cup of sweet milk; 7 eggs; 2 even teaspoonfuls of baking powder; 1 pound each of seeded raisins; 1 quarter of a pound of citron; 1 teaspoonful of lemon extract; 1 little flour over the fruit before stirring it in; 2 hours and try with a splint to see when it is done; 1 cup of grated cocoanut is a nice addition to this cake

Original Recipe

One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two and one-half cups of flour, the whites of seven eggs, two even teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one pound each of seeded raisins, figs and blanched almonds, and one quarter of a pound of citron, all chopped fine. Mix all thoroughly before adding the fruit; add a teaspoonful of lemon extract. Put baking powder in the flour and mix it well before adding it to the other ingredients. Sift a little flour over the fruit before stirring it in. Bake slowly two hours and try with a splint to see when it is done. A cup of grated cocoanut is a nice addition to this cake.

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One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two and one-half cups of flour, the whites of seven eggs, two even teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one pound each of seeded raisins, figs and blanched almonds, and one quarter of a pound of citron, all chopped fine.
2

Mix all thoroughly before adding the fruit; add a teaspoonful of lemon extract.
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Put baking powder in the flour and mix it well before adding it to the other ingredients.
4

Sift a little flour over the fruit before stirring it in.
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Bake slowly two hours and try with a splint to see when it is done.
6

A cup of grated cocoanut is a nice addition to this cake.

Original Recipe

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