Title

Fruit Cake

Subject

flour

baking powder

salt

seeded raisins

currants

figs

dates

orange peel

citron

lemon peel

almond meat

cloves

cinnamon

ginger

nutmeg

brown sugar

butter

Crisco

eggs

molasses

baking soda

brandy

wine

Description

Fruit Cake - M Rader
a four 3 times
5 cups flour
3 teaspoon baking powder
2 lb seeded raisins
1 lb currents
1 lb figs
1 lb dates
1/4 lb orange peeling
1/4 lb critton
1/4 lb lemon peeling
1 cup alomds meat
2 teaspoons cloves
2 " cinnmon
2 " guinger
1 " nutmeg
1 small glass brandy or
2 " wine
1 teaspoon salt

Back:
3 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup of butter or crisco
8 eggs. first 4 eggs + then 4
1/2 cup black molassas
+ 1 teaspoon soda in
molassas.

2 hours in slow oven
about 5- cakes.

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# Fruit Cake (M. Rader)

*Recipe makes about 5 cakes.*

## Ingredients

- 5 cups flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 lb seeded raisins
- 1 lb currants
- 1 lb figs
- 1 lb dates
- 1/4 lb orange peel
- 1/4 lb citron
- 1/4 lb lemon peel
- 1 cup almond meat
- 2 tsp cloves
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 3 cups brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter or Crisco
- 8 eggs
- 1/2 cup black molasses
- 1 tsp baking soda (dissolved in molasses)
- 1 small glass brandy or 2 small glasses wine

## Instructions

1. Add first 4 eggs, then the remaining 4 eggs.
2. Dissolve 1 tsp baking soda into the molasses.
3. Combine all ingredients together.
4. Bake 2 hours in a slow oven.
5. Makes about 5 cakes.

Source

Collection of Recipes Handwritten & Typed, Clipped, Cards, Pamphlet (eBay)

Date

1930s

Contributor

M Rader

Rights

Personal/Family

Format

Typed recipe card

Identifier

RCA0002-20260509-0028

Coverage

Iowa, US